Mr. Stewart Beck at the International Trade Committee

On April 18th, 2016. See this statement in context.

April 18th, 2016 / 9:25 a.m.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

I think it was one of those things. Canada had to be a part of it because Mexico and the United States were part of that. We wanted to reap the benefits of an agreement with Japan, and Japan had suspended their negotiations with us on an EPA. It was in our interests to do that, ultimately.

Are you talking about Minister Fast, at the time?

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