Agriculture committee  We have stable access for our canola seed to 2020. This means that dockage requirements are as they were in the past, which is a commercial negotiation between buyer and seller. There is a Canadian standard at 2.5%, and that is a general guideline. Our current trade with China is

Agriculture committee  I'll start. I would reflect that one thing that's really helpful is when regulators talk to each other. It's certainly the industry's wish that things are entirely synchronized across our 50 markets, but in reality, that's never going to be the case. What is helpful is when ther

Agriculture committee  I'll use biotechnology in China, for example. In some instances, we've had canola traits approved in Canada since 2012 that are still not commercialized and won't be commercialized until 2019. Once we get those, hopefully, approved in China, that means that anybody can grow those

Agriculture committee  For India, we don't send canola seed to India and we're not subject to that currently, but those measures often apply to all countries. It really depends on the specific issue.

Agriculture committee  When it comes to our regulatory systems for crop protection products and biotechnology, those are quite coordinated. Where we see more risk in North America is on the food and feed safety elements.

Agriculture committee  Certainly, this is a broad concern with the way the European regulatory system is moving. From the context of your study, I think, from our industry's point of view, it's really important that the Government of Canada remain engaged with European regulators and other countries th

Agriculture committee  One example of that would be where we talked about how the supply and demand situation is evolving. Also, we talk about how regulatory requirements are changing, whether it's in Japan or Canada. In the past, for example, Japan has flagged where they see in our transparent regula

Agriculture committee  Yes. Japan is very transparent and has a very similar regulatory system to what we have.

Agriculture committee  I'd just reflect that, when we do our prioritization, we look at both what's important and what's possible. I think we, like the government, are looking at using our efforts in the best way possible to get results. In the case of Europe, for example, they do approve biotech vari

Agriculture committee  Certainly they're not necessarily the right sorts of things to address in a trade agreement or a renegotiation of a trade agreement, but there are barriers and impediments when it comes to trade with the United States, even though we have no tariffs and we're very similar in our

Agriculture committee  Certainly I can start, and then hopefully have some support as well. Issues of market access of importance to the canola industry are addressed collectively by the industry, and we engage with our members to be able to maximize our efforts when doing so. We come to government wi

Agriculture committee  The collaboration has been quite good. We have a very strong working relationship with the market access secretariat. It's working very well that way.

Agriculture committee  I'll start. Thank you for the question. You mentioned three things in the context of CETA, as well as three things, globally, in the context of our priorities. We've spent a bit of time talking about two of them, science-based regulatory systems for both biotechnology, new bree

Agriculture committee  If I may, I'll add a brief response to your question on CETA. There is a grains and oilseeds working group set up to ensure that the implementation of CETA delivers on the promise of the agreement and the commitments that were made during those negotiations. Therefore, in terms

Agriculture committee  Yes. Certainly, these issues are complex. Some of them are not unique to Canada or to a specific commodity. However, what we've seen, as we described, is that the working group needs to be able to draw on the right resources within the Government of Canada and to connect with an