International Trade committee  I'll just conclude by saying that although I can't put a numeric figure on the proposed expansion, we do know that the demonstration of a culture of ambition, and the incentive or the intention to create conditions for more investment demonstrated by the government and the trade

International Trade committee  It's hard to pinpoint precisely the relationship between foreign direct investment at that centre and the CETA arrangement.

International Trade committee  In terms of a monetary amount, it would be premature to do so at this point. What I can comment on is the objective of eliminating some of the rigidities associated with the free movement of our talent, particularly as you may be familiar with the intra-corporate transfer provisi

International Trade committee  Sure. The most compelling patent provisions and IP protection provisions relate to the pharmaceutical industry rather than our industry. However, because of the prolific nature of our IP production not just in the Canadian operation, but also in our other research centres in the

International Trade committee  Mr. Cannan, thank you for the question. One of the challenges we see even within our own supply chain in Canada is that there are many companies that have really promising IP and promising technologies that they can't scale up or they can't actually optimize in terms of even pr

International Trade committee  It's a great question, and thank you. Our objective is really around sustainable, profitable growth. Even though we've been conducting our business in Canada since 1954, and we've been conducting our value-added advanced materials research in this country since 1974, our object

International Trade committee  As a proud Canadian, born and raised in Canada, my priorities are always to feature the best interests of our country. I honestly believe, although it is parochial, given my citizenship, that Canada is a favourable destination for foreign direct investment.

International Trade committee  Absolutely. We're talking about how we incubate our research, development and engineering framework. When you look at the framework conditions here in Canada, we have one of the most prolific knowledge platforms. You're quite right, Mr. Pacetti. We have research centres in France

International Trade committee  Philosophically, we have an outlook which suggests that in a fair and reasonable competitive framework, where rules dominate in the international trading environment, all ships rise under the conditions of fair and reasonable rules. The short answer to your question is that yes,

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and honourable committee members. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am very happy to be here today to participate in the discussion on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. My name is Emechete Onuoha and I am the vice-president for global