International Trade committee  Do you mean in terms of innovation?

International Trade committee  Yes, we have very much so. It's a sector in which, really, you don't see one farmer or one processor exporting alone. There are multiple players and stakeholders involved along that chain from research to transportation to labelling. There are a number of other stakeholders attac

International Trade committee  One example is the life sciences sector, which provides a lot of services to the grains and oilseed sector in Canada. This is one strong component of our membership, and one that is looking to take advantage of opportunities in Europe in particular if European decisions to allow

International Trade committee  Absolutely. In terms of capacity, we're not going to run out of food in this country. We're the fifth-largest exporter of agricultural and agrifood products in the world, and our farmers and producers/exporters are able to meet the capacity. In some sectors they are operating at

International Trade committee  What I mean by that is that for some products, the EU consumer is able to pay more for the quality of some of our products than in some other markets, for example.

International Trade committee  Can you repeat your question, then?

International Trade committee  I meant prices going up for products sold overseas. I didn't comment on prices going up locally.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for inviting me to speak on behalf of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, the voice of Canadian agriculture and agri-food exporters. CAFTA represents farmers, processors, and exporters from the beef, pork, grains, oilseeds, pulse, soy, malt, a

Agriculture committee  From a trade perspective, I will echo the comments made earlier on having Canada take a leadership role in ensuring there is international recognition of standards and science-based decision-making at the international level. This is critical to ensuring that our negotiators and

Agriculture committee  I would just add international demand and having access to markets.

Agriculture committee  I think our members are in a better position than I am to answer that question. Since one of them is going to be speaking soon, it would be preferable to put the question to him directly.

Agriculture committee  Yes, that is very true. It is important that we have enough resources and negotiators. There is already a very solid team. We are also discussing working on new agreements with China, the ASEAN region and India. It will indeed be important for these resources to be available whe

Agriculture committee  The evaluation we have concerns what the European market could provide to the beef and pork sectors, as well as other sectors, under the agreement between Canada and Europe. At the time when the agreement was finalized, the amounts were $600 million for the beef sector and $400 m

Agriculture committee  In this area, Canada has abundant natural resources. Also, many enterprises are not functioning at full capacity. The important thing is to have access to markets so as to allow businesses to determine which ones are more advantageous for them, and what products they can export t

Agriculture committee  I think that the members would be in a better position to answer these questions, especially as concerns their sector. Generally speaking, I would answer yes to everything you mentioned. This involves productivity, research, innovation, access to markets and the resolution of mar