International Trade committee  That's a very significant, complex undertaking on the part of Ukraine that you just mentioned. Canada, as you know, is a great friend and supporter of Ukraine. Starting in the fall of 2013, with the events that gave rise to the Maidan events that winter, the people of Ukraine ha

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to all the committee members.

International Trade committee  I'm not aware of any that stand to lose or that are concerned.

International Trade committee  Frankly, we just haven't had anyone make representation to that effect.

International Trade committee  As I said, that will be a couple of years down the road. At that point, we could do a couple of things. We would take a very hard look at Ukraine's GATS commitments, the general agreement on trade and services commitments in the WTO. We would take a hard look at Canadian services

International Trade committee  I believe it was Canada. I would like to confirm that. I didn't have the opportunity to be involved from the beginning, but what I can say for sure is that midway, when I got involved, it was one of those negotiations where both parties really wanted to get somewhere. As I said,

International Trade committee  Yes, we did, very much so. The one that's most important in this context, and instructive in some ways because it was concluded before ours was, is what's called the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, which is part of a larger framework, what they call a framework agree

International Trade committee  There were. The consultation process began in 2009 with the Canada Gazette notice, and it was supplemented in the years following that with web-based invitations for Canadians to comment and give input. What happens in these sorts of things is that from the submissions that are

International Trade committee  While the negotiations were proceeding and even in the last year or so leading up to the summer of 2015, we had access for beef and pork, but we didn't have the access we would have wanted, mainly because of the number of Canadian establishments that were authorized to ship. Ob

International Trade committee  In terms of the level of interest, I think a good indicator of that is the large event that was held in Toronto in June. There were hundreds and hundreds of people there from both countries, and I think the results exceeded expectations on some level. There were senior political

International Trade committee  There are opportunities. Our exports to Ukraine of fish and seafood products have been significant in recent years, which is the kind of time frame we would look at for this. As a practical matter, one of the good things about this deal is that in the area of fish and seafood,

International Trade committee  Ice wine is a specialty product, as you know, and it will benefit from this deal. It will be duty-free like all of the other kinds of wines. Ice wine is produced in fairly limited quantities because of the nature of the product. I think it's in fairly high demand, and I know tha

International Trade committee  The legislation only provides for paying for Canada's share of the costs. In fact, I would say that a large majority of those costs are anticipatory, because, for example, some of them pertain to the possibility of formal dispute settlement. Well, we don't foresee that happening

International Trade committee  In terms of the establishment of the commission, a lot of the expenses would be covered through existing budgets and so on. In answer to your question, I don't have a number, but a lot of it is—

International Trade committee  Right.