International Trade committee  Once again it's the consumer who's buying the product. If they're encouraged to buy one product over another, or if they're allowed to do comparisons and Canada's Canadian cheeses come out on top of the comparison, or if there's a lot of work done to support local and to encourage people to buy local I think that....

International Trade committee  Don't worry.

International Trade committee  And you escaped.

International Trade committee  My daughter phoned me. She was so distraught, and I said, “Just tell her that Canada is a wonderful blend of every culture and we do everything well.” I'm not worried about competing with the European cheese. I've eaten some terrible cheese in France, and I've eaten some wonderful cheese in Switzerland even though the Swiss need to understand that cheddar is a wonderful cheese.

International Trade committee  Thank you for inviting me. I come from a small family farm in the Fraser Valley. We make cheese on the farm, so it's farmstead cheese-making. I know that with the announcement of CETA there was a lot of furor in the dairy sector, and I'm not about to really elucidate on that. I'm just here to give my perspective.

International Trade committee  Good. Thank you. I lived in Europe for 10 years. I'm also a Swiss citizen. I married a Swiss and lived there. I lived in the Swiss Alps. I learned to make cheese there. When I became widowed I moved back to Canada. There are a few things that I learned through that. I learned that Canada is not on the radar of most people in the world.