International Trade committee  Now all of the services that have been provided by the trade commissioner service, like during trade missions and everything else, are being charged for. But my point is that a small- or medium-size company that has been successful and has done business and used the TCS will be w

International Trade committee  Bruce gave me what you were saying. Thank you very much. We are short of time, but we can talk about it. Again, regarding small- and medium-size businesses, I heard my friend here say what other countries are doing. Let me tell you, Canada is blessed by people like me who have

International Trade committee  It will always help when you go into a new, emerging market. If you look 20 years ago, China was the main market. Then the focus came on India. Now everywhere the focus is on India. It's not only Canada, but all around the world everybody wants to be in India right now. Coming b

International Trade committee  Thank you. Good morning. My name is Hemant Shah. I'm from Winnipeg, and it's my honour and privilege to be here. You just stole my heart—I'm talking about the trade commissioner service, TCS. I am the product of TCS. Thirty seven years ago I landed in Winnipeg, going from plus

International Trade committee  And after three months, I never needed a parka because TCS adopted me into their family. I'm going to talk about me and my company, Cubex Limited. Today we are a world-renowned manufacturer in Winnipeg of underground and surface mining equipment. There are only three companies i