Government Operations committee  Good morning. My name is Ana Renart. I'm the director general of the market access bureau in the trade policy and negotiations branch of Global Affairs Canada. I am joined today by Pierre Marier, who is the director of the government procurement, trade, and environment division

Government Operations committee  I think I'll let the first part of the question be answered by Matthew, my colleague from PSPC, about domestic procurement. With respect to tracking foreign procurement, it is a very good question. Unfortunately, most governments don't necessarily report on that, and we don't t

Government Operations committee  No, it's absolutely not a secret. I'm making sure we're getting it right. It is complaint-driven. We don't proactively check to see whether they're following their obligations. We do have a wonderful trade commissioner service, which will help companies access by explaining rule

Government Operations committee  Do you want to address dumping?

Government Operations committee  Whenever we negotiate FTAs, we'll normally include provisions on GP, government procurement, so—

Government Operations committee  The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is not our lead at trade, but normally they would be included in FTAs.

Government Operations committee  There is no set-aside in CETA for the SMEs.

Government Operations committee  There is one for aboriginal businesses, but not for SMEs. The threshold for coverage of procurements in CETA is much higher than in other FTAs. The threshold for CETA is $221,000, which is significantly higher than in our other free trade agreements.

Government Operations committee  No, sorry; that's the threshold for coverage of procurement.

Government Operations committee  There's no limit on the aboriginal set-aside, so it could be for anything. You can just take any procurement at any value and set it aside for aboriginal businesses.

Government Operations committee  Sorry, how would you do...? Can you repeat the question?

Government Operations committee  I think that border adjustments on carbon are just outside the scope of what we do on procurement. It's not a procurement-related question.

Government Operations committee  We only have set-asides for small businesses and minority-owned businesses. These are in all of our FTAs, except for CETA. The aboriginal set-aside is in all of our FTAs. There are only the two.

Government Operations committee  Yes, that's correct.

Government Operations committee  If I recall correctly, it was a two-part question. First you asked about Buy American in the U.S. and if they can do that because the sub-federal is not included. Then you asked about local procurement in Canada.