Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. Before I begin, I would like to call your attention to the kit that has been distributed. I would particularly like to draw your attention to the appendices to our presentation. These appendices include a chronology of significant developmen

Agriculture committee  We're pleased to share those with the committee, Mr. Chair.

Agriculture committee  I'd be glad to do so.

Agriculture committee  For the appeal...?

Agriculture committee  It was appealed. The appeal came out on January 31. You could proceed with—

Agriculture committee  The final ruling on the appeal was issued on January 31, 2006.

Agriculture committee  We could go to the Supreme Court, but we decided that would not be worth it.

Agriculture committee  Yes, Mr. Chairman. If I may speak, Mr. Chairman. Annex A of my presentation has a timeline of events through the whole process since 1994-95. In part, that might meet your requirements.

Agriculture committee  I'll start on the first part of the question, Mr. Chairman. In terms of harmonization, right now the United States has milk protein concentrates under 0404--well, 9010, but to keep it simple I'll refer to 0404--and has defined milk protein concentrate to cover any concentration

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Bellavance. We have included in your kit a legal analysis that deals with this issue. It was prepared by our lawyers. As far as article 28 is concerned, the distinction to be made in this case is that Canada, until our tribunal ruled otherwise, already provided pro

Agriculture committee  In the case you are referring to, the question is whether the context surrounding section 28 applies to that product in particular or not, in other words, does it apply to tariff line 0404.90. Based on the legal opinions we have received, we are convinced that it does. We do not

Agriculture committee  The way this analysis was done, it was using, I believe, 11.5% of the protein substitution for standardization of all milk and cheese and complete substitution of non-fat solids in yoghurt and ice cream. These numbers were verified by Canada, just as mentioned, because they wante

Agriculture committee  It represents 25% of the protein market. I'd have to go back, because I don't have the exact numbers in my head. Sorry.

Agriculture committee  It's an interesting debate, because the purer a dairy product is, the less it would be a dairy product under that kind of approach, which is why we're saying it doesn't make a lot of sense to make that distinction. This is an issue of pure protein. The milk protein concentrate th

Agriculture committee  No, it would be subject to the 4,345 tonnes of import quota. I know you'll have other witnesses, and maybe one other good question you need to ask is this. How were the 4,345 tonnes of historical imports determined back in 1995, when you had to look at the imports of a whole di