International Trade committee  We are consulted by the Canadian government. Unfortunately, we don't always feel that our input shapes the decisions made around the agreement. That's what happened with Costa Rica: we were told not to worry and that it wouldn't be bad, but it set a very negative precedent for us

International Trade committee  Costa Rica was producing about 20,000 tonnes of white sugar. Colombia produces 700,000 tonnes.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, members of the committee. I'll speak for a few moments and then ask my colleague, Dan Lafrance, to say a few words about the perspective of Lantic and Rogers Sugar. I'm president of the Canadian Sugar Institute, which is the national trade association for t

International Trade committee  That's a very big question, Mr. Menzies. As members of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, we fully support the position of that organization, which represents the majority of Canadian producers and farmers in Canada, that the main avenue to achieve meaningful gains in agrif

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of Parliament. I'm here as the president of the Canadian Sugar Institute. We are the trade association representing all manufacturers of refined sugar in Canada. The sugar is produced from imported raw cane sugar, largely from developing coun

International Trade committee  Mr. Chairman, I have some slides. I wanted to make sure the members could follow those. Is that possible?

International Trade committee  It was given to the clerk's assistant at the beginning of the....

International Trade committee  Yes, it was.