All the details are there.
My company was awarded top export performance by the Government of India for four years. I have all the certificates from the government's commerce ministry. The commerce minister awarded them to me for export from India to African countries. The condition was that if I imported for $1.00 from North America, I had to export for $1.01 to keep my net foreign exchange earning positive in India.
I was doing all that, but still there was pressure from the textile industry. If you look around India, Pakistan is open, and Malaysia is open. They also have textile industries.
My request is that you keep in mind that this is a commodity that we can export to India. That is my major point with regard to negotiating free trade with India.
If you look at pages 16 to 21, you will see some of the suggestions I have given to the Government of India in a letter written to the commerce ministry. I met the commerce secretary in Delhi.
There are some unhealthy competitors in India. This business looks very simple to normal people, but it is very complicated to teach someone about fabric. In India nobody knew that a lady's blouse had buttons on the left and a man's shirt had buttons on the right. I trained my 200 employees, and one year spent more than six months sitting in 45° temperatures. Then some people from other countries came and picked off my employees, offering double the salary. Then I was suffering. Other people came in, used some loopholes, and started selling illegally in the Indian market.
I, being a Canadian, am living a very good life, with two sons and a wife. I didn't want to do anything illegal. God gave me the opportunity to live in this good country, and I didn't want to do all these illegal activities, but that meant I was suffering for a long time. I wrote a letter to the government. I did everything.
When Jasbir told me about this meeting, I asked him if there was anything the Canadian government could do to help me on this. I told him I'd like to go to the committee, and that's why I'm here today.
That's the short story. There are so many other things I could mention, but I don't want to waste your time today.