Agriculture committee  I cannot explain in detail because this is really highly technical, so I would defer to the sugar sector, but I understand that the concerns have to do with export controls. It's essentially the way the quotas and the access to the U.S. markets, and other markets, are administere

Agriculture committee  Our position is, the sooner the better.

Agriculture committee  Yes, that's how we understand it. Until the new agreement comes into force, the old one will apply.

Agriculture committee  No, but I heard the comment by the head negotiator during the previous presentation that if one of the three parties should delay, the other two could implement the new agreement bilaterally.

Agriculture committee  No.

Agriculture committee  Thank you for your question. Our mandate is to eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barriers for our sectors. We speak on behalf of the sectors we represent, and not for others. Generally speaking, we do not look favourably on rules and provisions that seek to restrict exports for

Agriculture committee  I will say that, overall, it's very much a two-way dialogue, two-way street communication. We also attended every single round of negotiations and were in regular contact with the negotiators. We never see any of the text and we are not in the negotiating rooms, of course, but we

Agriculture committee  I would echo the comments on building on NAFTA and the need for certainty. Certainly this is an agreement that helps ensure that the supply chains that have been developed across North America remain in place, and there are some improvements to NAFTA. I mentioned the co-operation

Agriculture committee  Our members emphasize the following outcomes as key benefits of the new CUSMA. The agreement contains no new tariffs or trade-restricting measures. All agricultural products that had zero tariffs under NAFTA will remain at zero tariffs under CUSMA. Maintaining predicable, duty-f

Agriculture committee  Thank you for inviting us to speak on behalf of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, or CAFTA, voice of Canadian agri-food exporters, regarding the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. My name is Claire Citeau, and I am the executive director of CAFTA. I will share my time w

International Trade committee  That particular clause is not something that CAFTA members have commented on, so I will not today.

International Trade committee  What I mean is that we don't speak for sectors we don't represent, so we don't speak for sectors under supply management. Whether it's subsidies, tariffs, quotas or restrictive rules of origin, measures aimed at restricting trade in one way or another in our sectors are generall

International Trade committee  Our mission is to eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers in key markets across all the sectors we represent, which exclude supply-managed sectors. We represent virtually the entire agri-food sector, except for areas under supply management. On the whole, rules and policies ai

International Trade committee  Thank you for inviting us to speak on behalf of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, or CAFTA, the voice of Canadian agri-food exporters, regarding the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement, or CUSMA. Our members have a very simple message: CAFTA calls for the swift ratificati

International Trade committee  Our members emphasize the following outcomes as key benefits of the new CUSMA. The agreement contains no new tariffs or trade-restricting measures. All agricultural products that have zero tariffs under NAFTA will remain at zero tariffs under CUSMA. Maintaining predictable, dut