International Trade committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  It's a question that's quite relevant for us right now. We're doing a number of projects in the U.S. We have a long history—I guess it's probably a six-year history—of our staff travelling across the border to deliver services and sometimes products, and we've certainly encounter

International Trade committee  It can range from the very obvious to the very subtle. We've experienced it in Europe a bit as well, but the U.S. has a small company set-aside that's reserved, ironically, for female-run businesses, as well as other small businesses, so as for us going in and competing against o

International Trade committee  Actually, we're struggling with that right now. It has nothing to do with the trade commissioner or anything like that. We have a bit of an identity crisis. We've been providing professional services for 30 years, and we're very good at that. When we had the idea to develop this

International Trade committee  The company is organized into three business divisions. Two of them are local. One is the marine environmental services that are done in the local British Columbia coastline. The other one is providing onboard observers on commercial fishing vessels, which is also local. To answ

International Trade committee  We don't have a lot of experience with the trade commissioners. I suspect primarily that is because when we get focused on a particular project we end up following up on that and delivering on that project. Now that we're looking at starting up local businesses and partnerships,

International Trade committee  Sure. From my perspective it's all about getting the information out there. Most of us have our noses down, as you've heard. I'm a marine biologist and my partner is a marine biologist, and we don't have a lot of business background or training. So accessing the resources that ex

International Trade committee  Thanks, Randy. You're not the only one to have trouble pronouncing that word. I've lived with that for over 30 years. Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation. I'm very sorry that I'm not able to attend in person. I regret not being able to make the trip. Ottawa is one of