Agriculture committee  It's my understanding that the notification process, in and of itself, is not a particularly lengthy or onerous process. Presumably, there is a meeting of the sanitary and phytosanitary committee, at which time they might table their change. The greater time constraint, or time r

Agriculture committee  The market access secretariat brings together market access and market development professionals in support of the Canadian agriculture industry. We work very closely with our food inspection agency colleagues and often provide, to use the broader term, the diplomatic side to the

Agriculture committee  This is a significant vegetarian market. Yes, there are opportunities on the meat side, but this is particularly significant market on the pulses and lentil side because of the nature of the diet. There are opportunities on the organic side for things as simple, but also as compl

Agriculture committee  I think we are definitely in a developmental position. You have to also note that Canada, in a large number of commodities, is a relatively high-end producer, so the market needs to be of the right income level to accept our products.

Agriculture committee  We believe, as Dr. Anderson has outlined, that the existing Canadian grain handling system provides the assurances that the Indians really need to ensure that they do not have any undesirable outcomes. Ensuring that this is the case, providing assurances that we are diligently pu

Agriculture committee  The broad conditions that I outlined about what makes India an interesting and attractive market apply, I think, to a range of commodities and products from Canada. The growing middle class, the increasing urbanization have changed dietary habits. There's also a significant penet

Agriculture committee  There's a great interest in organic food. In any environment where you're facing pollution, you start to see people turning towards organics to ensure a certain level of dietary safety.

Agriculture committee  Sure. It's important to ensure a really strong political relationship. Effective communication at senior levels is very important with most governments. In the Indian government in particular, authority comes from the top and very few decisions are made without ratification from

Agriculture committee  We're working on the assurances that have been provided by senior officials in the Indian system. They're the ones who came up with this approach. They did it in full knowledge of our systems approach. Just to supplement what my colleague has mentioned, our colleagues at the Can

Agriculture committee  I'm sorry, I can't speak to that.

Agriculture committee  As I mentioned, we have the MOU on agricultural cooperation, and there is an ongoing set of exchanges under the plant health technical working group. Both of these provide opportunities for exchanges and for confidence building so that people feel, as in the case of what Dr. Ande

Agriculture committee  I'm sorry, I can't really speak to that. I don't think that Dr. Anderson can speak to it very much.

Agriculture committee  We are the largest supplier. There are other suppliers. If you expand pulses a bit, you certainly have the Americans and the Australians. The Ukrainians are active as well.

Agriculture committee  As I mentioned, there are ongoing discussions for the a comprehensive economic partnership agreement. One aspect of that would presumably involve investment treaty elements, which might provide the kinds of certainty that the private sector parties are looking for.

Agriculture committee  That would really be in the direct purview of Global Affairs. We contribute to those efforts.