International Trade committee  Mr. Hoback, was that to me, to Mark, or to both of us?

International Trade committee  I'll start and then turn to you, Mark, if that's okay. As I mentioned in my comments, we see this happening and we see a huge opportunity, but companies are going to shift those supply chains to countries where they can produce economically and still supply. Part of the reason m

International Trade committee  Yes, it is, and it's largely because of the integrated supply chains that developed. We have certain expertise in sourcing that goes into their system, and they have some that comes into ours. That's why these tariffs between countries that have a common production platform make

International Trade committee  Yes, absolutely. They are a lot of the same companies, right? A lot of those companies that are using the products in the United States are the same companies that are operating in Canada, and they're our members. We're working closely with our counterpart organization, the Natio

International Trade committee  At the end of the day, we as consumers pay the bill. Industry doesn't. No one, not governments nor industry picks up the tab. At the end of the day, it's on consumers, and that's the unfortunate part of this. It's never really explained all that much. That's why tariff reduction

International Trade committee  Good afternoon. Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for inviting me to participate in today's discussion. It is my pleasure to be here on behalf of Canada's 90,000 manufacturers and exporters, and our association's 2,500 direct members, to discuss COVID-19 and

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. You mentioned two things, and I'll add a third. On the lease program itself, frankly, the feedback we've received from our members is that it's not really relevant, for a variety of reasons. It's too small, and it relies on the landlords themselves to

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me here to participate in today's discussion. It is my pleasure to be here on behalf of Canada's 90,000 manufacturers and exporters and our association's 2,500 direct members to discuss COVID-19 and Canada'

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Ms. May, for that question. I think we spoke on this issue before, so I think you know that the answer is yes, we should be rethinking all of these things. The bottom line is that we don't have to produce everything in Canada for ourselves. I think some peop

Finance committee  Really quickly, in the sectors that continue to operate, they've been working fine. I think the CBSA and the federal government have done a really good job. Obviously, there are big sectors, though, that aren't operating. Aerospace and automotive are two that are essentially shut

Finance committee  Manufacturers have stepped up with not only N95 masks but also with a range of PPE they have been manufacturing, and have been for a bit already. The problem has been more about what products are needed, who would buy them, how you would get them tested and then who would supply

Finance committee  It's a great question. To be honest with you, I haven't thought much beyond just the need for a made-in-Canada plan. The reason that I haven't mapped it out much farther is that, until there is a buy-in for that type of a plan at the bureaucratic and political level, it's a lot o

Finance committee  I've heard of different ideas coming out from some of our members around this and I haven't got my head completely wrapped around them. It's a great question. As an example, let's take a look at those cars again for a second. I'm not advocating for this; I'm saying there is one

Finance committee  Good afternoon, and thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for inviting me to participate in today's discussion. It is my pleasure to be here on behalf of Canada's 90,000 manufacturers and exporters and our association's 2,500 direct members to discuss COVID-19 in Canada's manufacturin

Health committee  I think part of the problem in Canada, which is no different from that with food or other things, is that what we make is.... If you only have a domestic supply and domestic sales opportunity, what you're making is very limited, and it's really hard to get companies up to scale t