International Trade committee  I can't see it being scrapped, just because of the natural resources we have.

International Trade committee  I'd say it would be bad.

International Trade committee  I would look certainly at the education for small to medium-sized countries in regard to export readiness, getting ready to go into new markets, understanding upfront homework on where they're going, and what kinds of challenges they'll have in those countries.

International Trade committee  I would say that a lot of them are unaware of the.... In Newfoundland, I'd say there are small companies that start out with the intent to export right from the get-go, and they probably know exactly what markets they're going to enter into. I'd say there are a lot of small to me

International Trade committee  My advice to those manufacturers would be to adopt lean, to Six Sigma problem-solve, and to aggressively chase new technologies. Be very innovative and be agile. I think that would be my recommendation to anyone in the country. We have problems in skills and labour. We're compe

International Trade committee  For the most part, our economy is based on natural resources. The bulk of our exports are oil and gas. There is oil and gas, minerals, seafood, and then you get into forestry products, lumber products. I'd say seafood is probably the industry that will chase this most aggressivel

International Trade committee  In regard to innovation and new technologies, I know you work with us on Canada Makes, the federal government does, and provincially they're involved with innovation and technology committees. I think that somewhere along the line, it would be getting into some of the larger comp

International Trade committee  Good morning. I'm pleased to be here on behalf of Canada's 60,000 manufacturers and exporters and our association's 2,000 direct members to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership. I want to come at this from a Newfoundland and Labrador standpoint, to give an NL perspective on TP