International Trade committee  Yes, and that would require working quite closely with our manufacturers. Currently some are both manufacturers and vendors. Canada Goose is a case in point. There's more of a trend in that direction whereby manufacturers are leveraging their brand presence into a retail offering

International Trade committee  I presume you're referring to the reference to Walmart and Costco earlier. Our members are transnational companies that invest here and hire here, and also domestic firms that invest here and hire here. They are all robust entities, and there are obviously some specialized entit

International Trade committee  Our supposition is indeed that these cheeses are for importation and ultimately for consumption in Canada, whether they be the small portion that goes the industrial route or cheeses ultimately sold to consumers in our stores.

International Trade committee  I do. There are two parts to that. We have to remember that the costs of goods themselves are but one input cost for a retailer; there's everything from labour through utilities to occupancy. Somebody at one point put together 73 drivers. It would have an impact on only that par

International Trade committee  I guess I would say that with the exception of industrial purchasers, when it comes to cheese, consumers buy their goods almost overwhelmingly from retailers. There is the farm gate and some producer outlets and so on, but ultimately it is a decision made by a consumer at a retai

International Trade committee  We believe it should be pro rata, based on prior years' sales. It should be recalibrated either—

International Trade committee  I don't believe we would say that there has to be a down-to-the-store distribution for—

International Trade committee  Well, the small players would have access, because if they're specialized in cheese, then they would already have, relative to their size, a substantially greater portion of the overall market sales.

International Trade committee  Yes, it would be a percentage. What we are proposing is that it be on both domestic and imported, because that then pushes people to push domestic product as well.

International Trade committee  We believe so.

International Trade committee  I think it's always timely to review mechanisms for the distribution of goods, particularly if there are complaints. I have to say that I would not purport to be an expert in this particular field. We do have a grocery division. Unfortunately, I'm representing both perspectives

International Trade committee  Thank you. Mr. Chairman, thank you for today's opportunity to provide the retail sector's perspective on the comprehensive economic and trade agreement. We are delighted to even be at this stage of consideration, given some of the uncertainties that first Brexit and then Walloni

Finance committee  We have done some estimates on the value of shippable goods under $80. Obviously, it's constrained to some degree by price at the top, by bulk, by weight, and so on. There are some things that fit under that threshold that would not fall into it, and by our estimate $55 billion's

Finance committee  Significant pressure is being brought to bear, and some of it was brought up in the TPP discussion. I know that a number of members travelling in the U.S. would certainly have heard some of that pressure. It comes at a congressional level, but it also comes through trade emissari

Finance committee  First, the United States is a really poor analogue for Canada, because it has no federal sales tax. The principal issue does not apply in their case. They also do not collect state and local taxes at the border and, indeed, did not used to collect them on interstate shipments. T