International Trade committee  We've been consulted and there are mechanisms to consult with all stakeholders in these negotiations. Certainly with the business community it's been very extensive, but we understand that it's been done also with civil society and with all these negotiations our members obviousl

International Trade committee  The study that was done was rigorous. It had to be done to begin these negotiations. Some of the results have moved just because a lot of economic parameters in the world have changed. There has been an economic crisis and things have changed somewhat. Yet we found within our mem

International Trade committee  No, that's not.... May I just quickly interject? We've been consulted time and time again, as have other sectors, and our members have been very happy with the degree to which we've been consulted over the past two-plus years. Even before this agreement was being negotiated, we

International Trade committee  I'll conclude quickly with one last aspect that's extremely important in these negotiations, which is IP. Ensuring high standards of IP protection for Canadian companies is important in Canada, as it is in other jurisdictions, and certainly in the European Union. We've always see

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Mathias Hartpence. I am a director of international policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. I am joined by Milos Barutciski, a partner specializing in trade and competition law at Bennett Jones, who also serves as co-chair of the internationa