Evidence of meeting #29 for International Trade in the 39th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was injury.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Conservative
Deepak Obhrai Conservative Calgary East, AB
He's not complaining. The complaint came from the east coast, where the industries are.
Chair, Office of the Chairman, Canadian International Trade Tribunal
The tribunal is not in possession of any complaint on rebar at the moment.
Conservative
Deepak Obhrai Conservative Calgary East, AB
Just give me an overall picture, so I understand what happens.
Chair, Office of the Chairman, Canadian International Trade Tribunal
If the domestic producers of rebar were feeling that imports from particular countries--or from all countries--were causing them injury, then they would come before the tribunal.
Conservative
Deepak Obhrai Conservative Calgary East, AB
On the other side of the coin, the other producers who are importing, would they give their input as well?
Chair, Office of the Chairman, Canadian International Trade Tribunal
Oh absolutely. It's an adversarial process. It's like civil court, in a sense.
The domestic producers would make their complaint, saying that because of the way they're priced or where they're sold, imports of rebar from country X or countries X, Y, and Z are causing them injury, causing them to lose market share or whatever the indication of injury is. The tribunal would receive that, would then notify everyone they could think of in the industry who would have an interest in this, and they would publish it in the Canada Gazette, calling for parties to identify themselves.
The opposition would also have an opportunity to put in a case, and eventually we would have a hearing. Both sides would be represented at the hearing, and both sides would have an opportunity to cross-examine and then make their argument.
Conservative
Chair, Office of the Chairman, Canadian International Trade Tribunal
We always publish the initiation of a case in the Gazette, yes.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
Thank you, Mr. Obhrai.
Thank you very much, gentlemen, for coming today. I do appreciate that very much.
Our time is up for this section of the meeting. We will suspend and go to an in camera meeting on future business of the committee.
The meeting is adjourned.