International Trade committee  Importing into Canada?

International Trade committee  To tell you the truth, I'd have to look into what their rules are in terms of the SPS rules to export into those countries. Certainly, our rules are quite strong. CFIA has a strong regulatory regime for food safety for Canadians. How that compares to what rules they have at the

International Trade committee  Some exports would be facilitated through brokers and things like that, so initially to some degree, we wouldn't need to set up a big supply chain. But if we really want to grow the market substantially, like perhaps we did in China over the last 10-20 years, then we would have t

International Trade committee  Good question. I really don't have an answer for you today. I'll have to look into that for you.

International Trade committee  Certainly. I think one important differentiation between our sector versus the automotive sector is that... I'm five months into the sector and to the council, so I may not be fully informed, but I'm not aware of similar non-tariff barrier challenges for the fisheries sector that

International Trade committee  Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to present. Since I am based in Ottawa, I apologize for having to do this by video conference. Other business brought me to Toronto today. We submitted a letter, and I believe that may have been circulated to the committee, but I w

Fisheries committee  Just to sum up, I'd encourage all parties, government, industry, together with us and other stakeholders, to try harder to find that win-win in a reasonable time frame so that we can all contribute to the overall objective.

Fisheries committee  To be completely honest, I'm not sure how many of my members have any inshore boats. Certainly my members who have the processing plants onshore are supplied by the smaller fishermen, if that answers your question.

Fisheries committee  Certainly the harvesting capacity would be larger from my offshore members, yes.

Fisheries committee  That's a good question. First, my response on the forestry practices is that in Canada we operate in a natural forest and that a lot of the management practices and planning try to mimic that natural dynamic. The harvesting is done in such a way as to mimic natural disturbances,

Fisheries committee  I think the certification standards have to stand on their own merit. If the certification council is independently governed and its standard is developed in an open, transparent, informed process, then people will accept and have confidence in it. Whether they like everything ab

Fisheries committee  No. Well, I guess the short answer is no, until one of my companies launches a joint venture with an aquaculture company. There is a separate association.

Fisheries committee  I guess in an ideal world, yes, but I think you would very quickly learn that it would be very challenging to vote enough resources to be able to do that, which is why we haven't done it already. I would agree with Ms. Jessen that the processes thus far do take a long time, and

Fisheries committee  No, I'll leave it at that.

Fisheries committee  I would point to the reputation of our government, Fisheries and Oceans, in fisheries management and the principles that underlie that, as well as our record in third-party certification. Again, with my experience in the forest industry, third-party certification can be a piece o