Industry committee  I'd like to tie in to something that you and Mr. Arthur are saying. I tell people I see with counterfeit, if you want to be sure, buy it from the legal distributor. Most of the counterfeiting we encounter is through secondary and third distributors--stuff that is brought in. In

Industry committee  I note that clothing--the product we bring in--is not very interesting. Nobody is getting burned, nobody is dying, but that's not entirely true. I'm aware of counterfeit shipments for little children, where the zippers would break off and be choking...where the buttons would brea

Industry committee  In the entire market of the clothing industry?

Industry committee  Take our company, for instance. If we're losing 1% or 2%, and we're just one small player, that's a couple of million dollars a year just for me. I'm medium-sized, and there are many others. There are millions and millions of dollars lost to this. As Mr. MacInnis was saying, fo

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Michael Halickman. I'm the president of Caccia Fashions. We've been in the garment business in Canada for close to 50 years. I personally have been involved for 30 years. We're located in Montreal and Toronto. We have over 130 employees across th