International Trade committee  It is.

International Trade committee  I'm happy to respond, Mr. Chair.

International Trade committee  There are two very big issues in your question, Mr. Easter, which are very legitimate. In our view, it makes no sense whatsoever for Canada to impose tariffs ranging from 150% to 300% on things like chicken, milk, yogourt, and ice cream. It does penalize consumers. The CTV had a

International Trade committee  We understand, with all due respect to all the parties, that this is an issue that all the parties support, that is, to defend supply management. It was in the Speech from the Throne. However, we believe that in order to have an ambitious agreement under the CETA, and in partic

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Cannan. We're firmly of the view that if Europe and Canada can agree on this deal early next year or in mid-year, it would send a pretty powerful signal from two developed economies that they're standing against the bulwark, against all of this uncertainty, and th

International Trade committee  It's best put when we consider that Canada has less than half a per cent of the world's population and yet has more than 2.5% of the global trade market. Because of that, we have a higher standard of living. By the way, Germany has 1% of the global population, but it has a 9% s

International Trade committee  Thank you. Mr. Chairman and committee members, thank you for the invitation to appear before this committee on international trade. The Canadian Council of Chief Executives has a long history of support for measures to strengthen our economic relationship with the European Uni