Natural Resources committee  It fluctuates year to year. Traditionally, the consumption pattern in Canada for steel has been about one third of domestic production; domestic consumption is in automotive. One third is in energy and one third is in building and infrastructure. Traditionally, that's kind of the

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. Good morning, honourable members of the committee, and thank you very much for the opportunity to present to you today on behalf of the Canadian Steel Producers Association as regards your study of Bill C-354, An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Governm

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. Just to jump in there, I want to mention that there's a great example in Edmonton of this. NAFTA is not a calculation of wins versus losses between Canada and the United States. This is where I think the work of this committee is excellent. NAFTA is a calculation

Foreign Affairs committee  Our member companies tend to be on the much larger side. They're in international competition for investment dollars. It's not a decision about whether you invest in Canada; it's whether you invest in Canada, whether you invest in your facility in the United States, or whether yo

Foreign Affairs committee  I think Mathew touched on a really key point. We talk about fostering technology and technology development in Canada. Opportunities to commercialize this technology are fostering manufacturing. If you do not have a domestic manufacturing sector, you are at a tremendous, tremen

Foreign Affairs committee  We maintain a really close connection with our American industry counterparts. We have active dialogues with them through a couple of different fora. The American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Manufacturers Association are organizations that I talk to quite frequently. W

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, on both sides of the border. That goes to my point about why, in those three specific Department of Commerce investigations, what we are looking for is a national exemption. We can make a case. In a lot of instances, the logic behind Buy American is that it displaces not on

Foreign Affairs committee  Generally, I'd say American policy-makers are receptive. Certainly those who are closer to the Canada-U.S. border have been receptive. As the same time, I take nothing for granted. These are three investigations that are ongoing. We had not contemplated this level of activity as

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, in the NAFTA context it's a very seamless border of developed mutually complementary product lines. Canadian producers don't offer the range of product offered by U.S. producers. Our customers know that they're going to need to access both of those commodities on either side

Foreign Affairs committee  Canadian companies produce very high-quality steel. We do it fairly. Countries do not take trade actions against us. We are not dumping, and we are not subsidising. I mentioned 2002, so it was a long time ago that there was a trade complaint out of the United States. We continu

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. The government has taken steps in consecutive budgets to strengthen our trade remedy framework. That was to allow for increased accuracy and speed in terms of investigation to give CBSA the tools they need to make sure they're properly assigning duties and have the ability

Foreign Affairs committee  I think there's an inherent risk in elevating any kind of trade relationship beyond our relationship with the United States. The U.S. is going to be our primary trade partner. That is a reality. I don't know that there would be much wisdom in taking steps that would undermine tha

Foreign Affairs committee  Good morning. Thank you to the honourable members for the opportunity to present today on behalf of the Canadian Steel Producers Association. We represent Canada's $14 billion primary steel production industry. Our producers are integral to the automotive, energy, construction,

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, that was good.