International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  The answer would be yes.

International Trade committee  Again, just to qualify this in respect to the Connors Bros., historically, we've been exporting for well over 100 years. In fact, there was a sales sheet I saw from 1923 which said that at the time Connors Bros. was exporting to over 50 markets around the world. At that time the

International Trade committee  The answer from the processor's side is, yes, we do. That reflects, in some ways, the interest level of Canadians in working in a fish plant. This has been something that has been well publicized before, when there are restrictions placed on temporary foreign workers coming in. T

International Trade committee  As I said at the outset, from Connors Bros.' perspective, our challenge is we're constrained on resource right now. While we would love to be able to export a lot more—

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Historically, we've only had very nominal sporadic exports of our products into Japan. The issue very often transcends just simple tariff issues and some of the regulatory aspects. It also speaks to what products you have to sell that are of interest to that market. Within fish

International Trade committee  From a processor's perspective, with respect to the east coast and west coast—and I'm familiar with the west coast, as I worked for British Columbia Packers at one point—they're very different. You have to look at it on a sector-by-sector basis within fisheries. Salmon fishing an

International Trade committee  I see the TPP as a framework. It's a trade agreement among the participating members, and the relevance of that is primarily to facilitate trade among those members. We already export canned sardine products from Blacks Harbour into the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and

International Trade committee  We have a Canadian legal entity, Connors Bros. Clover Leaf Seafoods Company, and we are in turn owned by Lion Capital, which is a U.K.-based private equity firm. We're affiliated with Bumble Bee Seafoods. I'm just talking strictly about the legal structure. Functionally our presi

International Trade committee  We're primarily a processor and marketer and seller of canned seafood products.

International Trade committee  I'm here today to speak more with a focus on our operation here in New Brunswick.

International Trade committee  Let me clarify one point. Connors Bros. is one of Canada's oldest food companies. We've operated a sardine cannery in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, 45 minutes south of here, since the mid-1880s. The history of our company is one of consolidation. In 2004, Connors Bros. basically

International Trade committee  You're touching on a lot of different points that I don't think five minutes can do justice to. First of all, just to clarify again, Connors Bros. does harvest. We have a seiner. But we also buy from many of the local fishers here including weir fisheries in addition to seiners.

International Trade committee  The quota has decreased. We actively support and our livelihood is tied up with sustainable resources.