International Trade committee  Thank you very much for having us. We were honoured to be here. I'm sure I can speak for all of us.

International Trade committee  You protect as you begin your innovation. Right from the outset we were protecting our intellectual property by looking into patent applications, which we're in the process of doing, as well as trademarking in Canada, the United States, Asia, and Europe, from the outset. So jus

International Trade committee  Thank you. That's a very interesting question. Interestingly, in the United States a female entrepreneur can be at an advantage, because there are very high listing fees that will sometimes be waived by companies such as Walmart. So for a female entrepreneur there are some big a

International Trade committee  I've only been in this...you know, we've grown so quickly. We only went into the market a little over a year and a half ago and have grown exponentially. I haven't had time to notice. All I know is the challenge that I've faced as a female entrepreneur. Hearing especially—BDC is

International Trade committee  From my perspective, the trade commissioners have been incredibly beneficial, and not only the trade commissioners. When the trade commissioner position disappeared in California, we actually went to Rob Arthurs and Will Fox, who work with the trade ministry, I believe, and they'

International Trade committee  It has absolutely. It's very interesting because we bank with BMO Harris Private Banking, and while we were there they were wonderful—having our medical clinic, anything we wanted, anything we needed was not an issue. How much do you need? Sign away. As soon as I ventured out on

International Trade committee  I have a Ph.D., so my background really is as a research scientist, so I kind of knew there was going to be funding out there and I really think that put me at a bit of an advantage. I think that for new companies starting out, if there could be a central system, something like N

International Trade committee  Yes, it'll mainly be me making the presentation. My name, as you know, is Dionne Laslo-Baker. I never thought that I would be here speaking to you as a representative of the food industry. I have a background as a medical scientist. I have a Ph.D. in an area called “maternal-fet