International Trade committee  I can't speak for some of the other grains and oilseeds commodities, which we've heard.... I've been there. I was in Japan, with you and others. Sanitary and phytosanitary non-tariff barriers are certainly really important for some of the other commodities, such as grains and oil

International Trade committee  Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen of the committee, thank you for the invitation today. Some of you obviously have met me before in my capacity as executive director of the Barley Council and the malt industry, but also as a quite important participant within the Canadian Agri-

Transport committee  I'll give you an example. As far as the malting industry goes, the largest maltster in Canada couldn't get railcars to ship malt and barley to Montreal, but could get containers on time and all the time. Mind you, you have to ship it in 20-tonne containers because they need to ge

Transport committee  That's going to settle 95% of the issues here around the table, and for the last 25 years.

Transport committee  The only comment is with respect to value added in the grains industry. I know I can't speak for the Canadian Oilseed Processors, which are the manufacturer for canola oil, but they have highlighted it in a number of speeches before, and certainly the malting industry as well in

Transport committee  As far as the grain industry is concerned, as mentioned in a lot of the comments here today, the hallmark of any modern commercial relationship is that parties are held accountable to each other for their respective performance. If the railways are saying they'll give you the ser

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chairperson, and good morning, everyone. My name is Phil de Kemp. I'm the executive director of the Barley Council of Canada and I still hold the position of president of the Malting Industry Association. The Barley Council was formed a couple of years ago when