International Trade committee  As far as we know, it's Japan.

International Trade committee  It's most likely canola. A lot of canola goes into Japan. They take our seed but not our oil because there is a tariff on canola oil going into Japan. Australia has a green agreement in Japan, so they're getting preferential access tariffs on the canola seed industry as well. The

International Trade committee  It's difficult to know how many jobs we would add. We do know that agriculture and agrifood probably employ one in eight Canadians. It's the third largest contributor to GDP. Jobs would be added. It's also what would be lost potentially by not signing on. We know that as farmers

International Trade committee  We face some significant challenges with Japan. This is certainly an opportunity for Canada to be a leader in this dialogue for sharing scientific studies, scientific standards, all those types of things.

International Trade committee  What it does provide is a platform for discussion, and a way to involve many nations at one table to have that dialogue and work towards that. It's something we need to do. The language in the TPP is strong in promoting a scientific basis for making decisions. It does provide a

International Trade committee  Sure. Virtually 90% of canola and 65% of wheat are exported. We produce in vast excess of what we could ever use in Canada, and we need to be able to access other places in the world. Open markets are all that we are really asking for, a chance to be competitive. We have great t

International Trade committee  Sure. Anything that can speed up such resolutions is of great significance to grain growers. We make our livings in the marketplace. We take a price, basically, at the end of the day. When prices are depressed because we've lost markets, they have a very significant impact on far

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, for the invitation to appear today. The Grain Growers of Canada strongly support the ratification of the TPP agreement by Canada, and we would like to tell you why from the perspective of the individual farmer. Our organiz