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International Trade committee  There are a couple of suggestions we can make. In terms of our going around it, that's impossible. Definitely we think that tagging the value of the contents, of the commodity, and comparing that to the price they're charging might be a good idea to align these more closely. Th

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  I think the main thing is our credibility internationally as a small to medium-sized business. We definitely could benefit from trade missions and from more networking and more resources for networking overseas. Credibility is very big for us; we need to be taken seriously. And o

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  Yes. We've talked about a lot of the issues we face with currency and CBSA policy. Maybe Kevin could elaborate a little bit.

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  Yes, it's relationships. We would be happy to supply you with any information you need to facilitate that.

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  When we export, it is in U.S. dollars. So that definitely hedges, so to speak. It helps our Canadian market as we're going through the slump right now. But at some point the dollar has to correct itself if we are to compete. The paper market is price driven, you need to have ever

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  You're looking at it. No, we—

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  We'll google. We obviously work in partnership with our factory and manufacturing. So they have x number of employees. We work with brokers here who help us a lot. A lot of it, so to speak, is contracted. They have a three or four member team who go out and promote it, and the d

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  We just started with expanding. This whole concept took us by surprise, so it moved quite quickly. I can't say we had a full, hundred-page strategy; we just went with how things were working out here in Canada and we went into the United States. Keep in mind we're still in the or

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  I don't know, I was going to check my phone here.

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  Definitely, from our origin, where we manufacture, whether it be China or anywhere else, we are definitely looking to do that. We believe it is definitely doable and workable and should be exported to as many regions as possible.

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  One thing that was just brought to my attention is that some regions have brokers. These are private enterprises that will facilitate your relationships with the distributors or with a master distributor in each region. We deal with brokers here in North America who channel us in

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  As was mentioned earlier, we definitely think this is a global product. We would be interested in continuing to look at export options. Now are you referring to export from Canada or—

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  So that's not necessarily from where our raw materials are based?

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante

International Trade committee  I have been to some international trade shows and I've had trade commissioners come up to me at the booths. I believe that's what you're talking about. For instance in Germany, we were at a trade show and I had several, I believe they were trade commissioners, representing, say,

April 29th, 2015Committee meeting

Albert Addante