International Trade committee  TPP is absolutely critical to doing that. It will eliminate the tariffs, and then it will address things like non-tariff barriers. In the event that there was no TPP, we would hope that our bilateral agreement with Japan would advance and that would give us the access into the ma

International Trade committee  Yes, this is a groundbreaking chapter. We've never seen this before in a trade agreement. It's an early attempt at how you address SOEs. I think it's a bit too soon to tell how effective it will be, but I think it's important that Canada is a part of this because we're going to b

International Trade committee  I think it's definitely a good starting point for further integration into the Asia-Pacific region. I thinks it's a little bit difficult to tell right now if China would be able to meet some of the standards of the TPP as negotiated. I think it would be a good template, but I'm n

International Trade committee  Absolutely. That's why, for example, we got that access to Japan. It was because we were part of the TPP. We probably had more leverage being there with our partners in the U.S., whereas if we were on our own, it would be harder to get that type of access.

International Trade committee  Definitely, yes.

International Trade committee  Yes, I think so. As I said in my remarks, the North American partnership has been critical to Canada's prosperity, so anything we can do together as three countries and build on that platform will only enhance our economic competitiveness.

International Trade committee  That's an excellent question. We don't have that dollar figure. I've been trying to see if anyone has looked into that, but I think it's one of the huge things that we need to be aware of with the TPP. Yes, there's the benefit to doing it, but I think that the bigger downside is

International Trade committee  Absolutely.

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. We found that the consultation process was quite thorough. The government, when they first indicated that they were entering into negotiations, were open to conversations and consultations. Throughout the process we've written letters to the minister

International Trade committee  Mr. Chairman, committee members, thank you for the invitation to take part in your prestudy of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Business Council of Canada represents the chief executives and entrepreneurs of 150 leading Canadian companies from all sectors and regions of the c

Finance committee  Thank you. It's a great question. If you take oil and gas out of the equation, the Canadian economy is actually growing. We truly have a two-speed—

Finance committee  Right. Yes, there is, but we see investment from our members in all kinds of sectors, including manufacturing, who are benefiting from the low Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. and surging U.S. demand. If you take the oil and gas sector out, there are many examples of invest

Finance committee  It all depends on the speed with which the money can flow.

Finance committee  To comment on your last remark, it absolutely is an enabler of long-term economic growth, for sure; hence the reason we support infrastructure spending. Regarding tax, basically we've found that in the past 10 budgets, and going back even further than that, almost every governm

Finance committee  Just for clarification, what element of the temporary foreign workers program are you asking about?