International Trade committee  It became clear to me that we were not going to be able to meet that timeline probably around the first time I came to appear before this committee. It was made clear by more than a few members that there would not be enough time to review the agreement and provide the work that you needed to do.

International Trade committee  I would say there are always opportunities to increase our Canadian exports. I will turn to my colleague from AAFC on specifically blueberries and cherries.

International Trade committee  Absolutely. I guess there are two issues there. One is the trade promotion issue. In my department, Global Affairs Canada, we do have a team in place to promote not just the Canada-EU agreement, the Canada-U.K. agreement, the CPTPP...and elsewhere around the world in order to enhance the opportunities for Canadian companies to export.

International Trade committee  Yes. Thank you. I would agree with that. I think it's an important sector. It's an important market for the beef sector, and it has its challenges. I think what you see is that as a result of that, where does the beef go instead? It goes to the United States. It goes to Japan.

International Trade committee  I wonder if I might turn to my colleague from Agriculture Canada.

International Trade committee  I think the new agreement would provide an opportunity to negotiate that. I would encourage folks in your riding and others to make sure that through the consultative process they make their views known. I would like to clarify one thing. I might turn to my colleague in temporary entry/services to see if I missed anything on that answer.

International Trade committee  I'm certainly happy to do that. Madam Chair, we can certainly table what I have said today, in terms of outlining some of those provisions.

International Trade committee  Thank you for the clarification, yes. Sorry, but I heard the second part of the question and not the first. I would just emphasize that there are the provisions. There's the provision to go back to the negotiating table within one year, and for the consultations to be part of that.

International Trade committee  No. I have never seen the contracts that exist between the drug companies and the Government of Canada.

International Trade committee  I share your frustration and I share the sector's frustration with the inability to export to the European marketplace. There are a couple of issues around being able to export more beef. First of all, in order to export more beef to the European marketplace, we need to grow more hormone-free beef here in Canada in order to have a larger supply to access that market.

International Trade committee  I think the best way to approach that is through the consultative process. We really need to hear from small businesses, from LGBTQ businesses and from aboriginal businesses some of their concerns on how we can help out. I think we will do that through the consultative process. We will consult far and wide to make sure we have all of the appropriate information available to us.

International Trade committee  The Canada-U.K. agreement is a replication agreement of CETA. Under CETA, the only supply-managed product that was part of the agreement was in fact cheese. Canada was very clear about this, that no other supply-managed product would be part and parcel of that agreement. That's why, given that it is a replication exercise, we're only talking about cheese in the context of Canada-U.K. trade continuity.

International Trade committee  There won't be any increased amount of cheese in the Canadian marketplace as a result of the Canada-U.K. TCA. Will there be more U.K. cheese? That is very much for Canadian importers to decide. They are the ones that have the quota and they will make their own business decisions in terms of deciding what they import.

International Trade committee  Yes, we have heard on many occasions from our U.K. counterparts that cheese is an important export for them, not just in the Canadian context but around the world.

International Trade committee  I think that in the context of the CPTPP that the U.K. wants to join, they will need to prepare a market access offer for CPTPP members, on which they would base their bilateral negotiations with other CPTPP members. They will have areas where they could potentially go farther.