International Trade committee  No, I don't.

International Trade committee  I thought you were going to do that—

International Trade committee  I have to say that we're not competitive as it is, and certainly the business, in our company anyway, doesn't come from Canada and move to Jordan. It would come hopefully from increased business, but also from China and Indonesia, from those countries, and that's the production t

International Trade committee  Yes, of course we do, and I do that in many ways. First of all, I must personally approve factories, and they must sign our compliance policy. On the ground, I have staff. It doesn't matter which country it is. As already mentioned, in Jordan I have three people stationed there

International Trade committee  I get reports once every six weeks. That is ongoing. We also see the reports, now, that come from the committee associated with Better Work Jordan. I am also constantly in communication with the management of the factory. We check in also with the Ministry of Labour to ensure, fo

International Trade committee  I'm sorry, I was not aware of that article. I'd have to defer to both—

International Trade committee  My colleague who is sitting with me has said that was a false report.

International Trade committee  We also have a letter from NLC to JC Penney saying that what they reported was incorrect.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  With the exception of the overtime, I haven't had to. The overtime is not against what is in the labour laws. In Jordan it's more about being on the golden list, which limits the overtime a lot.

International Trade committee  We could remove our production, but that's not going to immediately correct anything. We try to work with the labour ministry. They can be penalized monetarily. Factories are penalized and removed from the golden list so that they can't produce for certain customers.

International Trade committee  Good morning, everyone. I'll start by telling you that my position with Nygård is executive vice-president of operations and technical designs. A very large part of my responsibility is sourcing: sourcing accessories, fabric mills, fabric suppliers, and garment factories for our

International Trade committee  Yes, we are.