International Trade committee  I have no idea. The list between Canada and the United States isn't the same. The U.S. doesn't recognize copper as a critical mineral, either. There are a lot of things that people think should be on the list. I don't have a good answer for you, though. I'm sorry.

International Trade committee  Absolutely.

International Trade committee  It's because there are all kinds of mischief when it comes to trade policy.

International Trade committee  A lot of sectors are affected, but it's agriculture, as you've seen from the testimony today. You haven't heard from the Prince Edward Island potato growers, but we could have a whole long discussion about what the U.S. did to exclude P.E.I. potatoes from the market. I was invo

International Trade committee  There's a lot of competition around the world. There's a lot of mischief. The idea that Canada could get tough, focus on some of these non-tariff barriers and be prepared to really fight for Canadian industry is a key takeaway here. When Canada perceived a near-death experien

International Trade committee  I'm all for hard questions, by the way. I wasn't worried about hard questions. Anyway, we can get into that. I think the U.S. defence department is pretty good at collaborating with the private sector on certain new, innovative technologies. I also think that NASA and the Canadi

International Trade committee  Privacy is incredibly important, and you have to figure out how to protect it. A lot of private sector companies have figured that out.

International Trade committee  I think it's very difficult to compete in the subsidy game. Where I think Canada can compete and win, however, is in certainty on developing new processing facilities. If Canada were to introduce regulatory certainty and timing into how it approaches big infrastructure projects a

International Trade committee  My expertise is on Canada-U.S. What I would say is that Canada is known for its values, and it uses the tools in its tool box as it needs to in its trade agreement. With respect to India and the Philippines, I don't have a good answer for you.

International Trade committee  It would make it more difficult.

International Trade committee  Absolutely, and first of all, Smarties are delicious. The thing about steel and aluminum is that they're infinitely recyclable. You can recycle them forever and ever, over and over again, so the huge opportunity for Canada in the United States is really in recycling, and that's

International Trade committee  I'm not sure about a global regulatory body. What I will say, with a great deal of respect to friends and colleagues in government, is that moving at the pace of government is not anywhere close to fast enough for what's happening in any emerging technology. I think it's very im

International Trade committee  Yes, but it doesn't have to be in public. Public-private collaboration across the Canada-U.S. border would be ideal.

International Trade committee  The U.S. needs Canadian steel. The U.S. needs Canadian aluminum. I think there are large opportunities for us to collaborate together on that. Because Canada has clean, green, renewable hydro power, particularly in Quebec and British Columbia, there are all sorts of opportunities

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for the observation and the question. I would answer by saying this: In the run-up to President Biden's visit to Canada, we saw other parliamentary committees—I don't think it was this one—singling out large American technology firms and large foreign innovat