Finance committee  It avoided exposing some of the real causes of the differential in the pricing, that they can get lost between retailers. But a structural problem was missed, and that is the imposition of a tariff, if you will, on the importation of books from the U.S. into Canada.

Finance committee  I think the minister was trying to encourage...he perhaps misunderstood some of the mechanics of our industry, that there is a lag between currency conversions.

Finance committee  I think he was looking for an explanation for the differential in retail prices between the same products in Canada and the U.S.

Finance committee  Not particularly.

Finance committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Chris Tabor, and I'm here as a representative of the Canadian Booksellers Association, the CBA. I'm also the director of the Queen's University campus bookstore and an active member and spokesperson for Campus Stores Canada, representing ove