Mr. Matthew Smith at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On February 19th, 2019. See this statement in context.

February 19th, 2019 / 9:35 a.m.

Director, Technical Barriers and Regulations, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

I won't say that I'm an expert on the details of the CFIA's mandate, but I can say that they work extremely closely with our department and also with the federal market access secretariat, which is managed by the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food. In fact, CFIA has people who are placed in our network of embassies overseas, including staff in Brussels, at our mission to the European Union. They work directly with federal officials on market access issues to support Canadian industry.

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