International Trade committee  Thank you very much—

International Trade committee  I'll be very quick, Mr. Chair.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I do appreciate the committee allowing a few of us the opportunity to speak here. I know that is not traditional, but, as you mentioned, Mr. Chair, this is an issue that impacts just about every province in the country, and we want to ensure that w

International Trade committee  Just really quickly on the amended motion, you are saying that the date would be the week of April 1. I have a concern with that and I'm just going to voice it. I am more than willing—I think all of us have spoken that we're more than willing—to come back on the break week for th

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the ministers being here on this very important issue. I can tell you that my producers in Alberta are seized with this. Its urgency cannot be overstated. As my colleague said, many of them are heading to the fields in the next couple

International Trade committee  Thank you for that, Minister. We have heard today that Richardson and Viterra have had their permits revoked. We also learned today that a third company is in jeopardy of having its permit revoked. Do we know which company that is? My concern here is that our stakeholders and

International Trade committee  Do we know of other commodities that may be targeted? We have heard that with commodities other than canola, China is not signing new contracts.

International Trade committee  I have a last question. You were talking about the cash advance program. It's my understanding that $116 million has already been applied for and has gone out on the first day. We've also been told that if this continues, the funding that is available will be maxed out. Is that

International Trade committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I want to clarify something on Mr. Fonseca's question about previous mistakes. This came from the Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Geng Shuang, when asked specifically about Ms. Meng. His complete comment was: As for China-Canada relation

International Trade committee  Yes, and I appreciate that. I think our best solution is to repair the relationship with China, with whatever means that takes. I appreciate that we're looking at a multi-pronged approach—scientific and, hopefully, political as well. I did ask the question of the ministers, but

International Trade committee  Sorry. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

International Trade committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Sopuck. Mr. Sheehan, we've tried more than a dozen times to get unanimous consent for an emergency debate in the House on the canola crisis. Each and every time, the Liberals have turned us down. The Conservatives understand how important this issue is,

International Trade committee  You said that when your shipments left Canada, they were tested and everything was clean, and then they get to China. Do these ships stop anywhere between Vancouver and China? Can anything happen en route that would change the results of those tests?