International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. One thing we see is that trade agreements negotiated today influence the trade agreements negotiated tomorrow and 10 years from now. The Canada-Europe agreement, for example, is one of the most progressive agreements in the world, and when trade negot

Agriculture committee  Sure. I think it depends on which particular instance we're looking at. There are some great examples of where Canadian regulators have worked very well with their international counterparts around alignment. One example in the case of a trade agreement is NAFTA. We have a techn

Agriculture committee  I am not.

Agriculture committee  That's not something our membership has been engaged in, so it's not something I can comment on.

Agriculture committee  I'll comment from our previous involvement in trade negotiations and from members sharing their experiences in resolving market access issues. Certainly, there is always interplay between different governments. There is an expectation that if we, as Canada, want a government to s

Agriculture committee  I'd like to start, and then perhaps colleagues would like to add. On your first question around adequate resources, it's important to recognize that some of the funding for these functions comes through the agricultural policy framework that's now in the course of being renewed

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. Certainly in CAFTA's membership, we have producers of beef, pork, many different meats, grains, and oilseeds, some of which would be organic as well. I don't speak specifically for the organic association, but certainly farmers have an interest in prov

Agriculture committee  Thank you for your question. For CAFTA members, our focus is on expanding opportunities around the world. Much of our product leaves the country, which is, as Martin said, more than 50% of what we grow. In some cases, for commodities like pulses, canola, and mustard, it's more

International Trade committee  I can start. Just briefly, certainly in northern British Columbia, in the Peace country, there's a lot of grain production up there. Canola, wheat, and a number of different products are produced up in northern British Columbia. We've seen through NAFTA that we've really been ab

International Trade committee  Briefly, in the grains and oil seeds sector, for example, most of our product that's exported goes through British Columbia, whether via Vancouver or Prince Rupert, so in fact the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert are one of the key pieces of infrastructure. I'll give you an

International Trade committee  Certainly, you need both. To have a spreadable product that's solid, you need solid fat like palm oil—

International Trade committee  You can make it not just with palm oil, but you need other oils as well, such as canola oil or soybean oil that you use together to make that product, so—

International Trade committee  There are certainly significant opportunities. Right now, we have a pretty thick border when it comes to being able to move those products back and forth.

International Trade committee  I think what we saw in the TPP, for example, was that both countries agreed that this is an artifact of history that we don't need any more, but the TPP has not been implemented right now, of course, so there is an opportunity to be able to fix it within NAFTA. Sometimes these is

International Trade committee  What we've continually heard from the U.S. is that they have their sensitivities, but they would like our sensitivities to allow access for their products. No, we're not hearing an offer on sensitive products such as sugar. What we are hearing internationally, though, is a recog