International Trade committee  It is my impression that the government has an export plan that covers a lot of major markets, and they're trying to integrate help from the Trade Commissioner Service with EDC and with other elements of the government. The Chinese people own everything in China, if you want to

International Trade committee  Well, if your point is that Canada is smaller and the U.S. is stronger, I don't see what difference it makes. We have to be on equal terms.

International Trade committee  Generally what we have tried to do is to write very strong sanitary and phytosanitary provisions into the trade agreements and then try to get them enforced.

International Trade committee  The use of sanitary and phytosanitary regulations is only limited by the imagination of the invoker. It's not easy. It's a very grey area. When you get into sanitary and phytosanitary, you end up getting risk assessments from experts, and if you get two experts, you'll get two

International Trade committee  No, not at all. I wouldn't say that.

International Trade committee  I was discussing basically two issues. One is what your position is if you're inside a preferential trade agreement, as we are with the Americans. We're in the inside of the tent looking out with them; we're partners and we have duty-free access. That works. We did one of those w

International Trade committee  No, not at all. I'm talking about the rest of the world.

International Trade committee  I agree with Mr. Poloz in terms of the United States. They're going to be our biggest market forever. It's just a question of where we go in the future.

International Trade committee  Well, my feeling is this: it won't happen unless you get rid of the European Parliament.

International Trade committee  Having been through some of these things in my career, I would say that the first thing you mentioned—advertising—is quite clearly the highest priority. You have to let people know that the service exists before they can use it. I'd back that up, as the government did a few yea

International Trade committee  Exporting to Venezuela is a bit risky because of the degree of state control, or presidential control. They do things for political reasons. They sell oil cheaply into the United States to certain customers for political reasons, and they'll do deals with their friends in South A

International Trade committee  Yes. Well, it's not quite South America, but yes. They do special deals.

International Trade committee  They're all over the place. If you asked me where I thought we should have more, I'd say China, even though they're beefing it up. I'd say we should probably take another look at Russia now that they're in the WTO. I would be looking at more in Brazil. Where we need them is in th

International Trade committee  Instead of the usual four years, give them six. That's possible; some countries do that. It's a question of having enough of them to move them around. You can have somebody in Guangdong and then move them to Beijing, or you have somebody in the north of China and then move them t

International Trade committee  I've never seen Bombardier really stuck to compete in any market in the world, because they're pretty inventive and pretty adaptable. The Trade Commissioner Service on the ground in Europe can certainly help people cope with European regulations. I didn't say Canadian small and