International Trade committee  They brought to our attention a number of weed seeds that we've talked about—quarantined pests. The other issue that you made reference to is a bacterium. They've told us what the bacterium is and they've asked us to look into it. We're doing testing on that. We've asked for the

International Trade committee  Could you try that again?

International Trade committee  Forty per cent of our canola exports, the total canola exports from Canada, go to China.

International Trade committee  Forty per cent of total Canadian canola seed exports go to China.

International Trade committee  That's a good question. Because it's 40% of the total exports—it's our single-largest export market right now—the next three markets for canola seed don't even total up to the 40% for China. Ministers Carr and Bibeau have had conversations with the exporters that were also me

International Trade committee  The good thing is that we're the world's largest exporter of canola and there is no one really close to us. Australia does export. You might find some coming out of the Black Sea now—Ukraine, Belarus.

International Trade committee  I think it would be highly unlikely, especially at our level of quality.

International Trade committee  It's almost unfortunate that I've been involved with this issue for many years, but I would say that with China we had a separate issue in 2009. It's called blackleg and is a fungus that we've been working on. In 2016, we were working on that. Over a period of 10 years, we've h

International Trade committee  We're fully integrated. I would say that Global Affairs, Agriculture Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, our Canadian trade commissioner service and other departments are all fully integrated. We work together in a whole-of-government approach.

International Trade committee  That is the agreement that was signed in 2016. What they have identified in the context of that agreement, they're saying, is that they're finding some other problems and they're bringing that to our attention. They have suspended the two companies based on that. Again, we want

International Trade committee  No, it's not a treaty. It's binding between two organizations.

International Trade committee  I would say no. I would say that China has sovereignty on what they're testing on their own imports as well as our exports. I think the idea that was proposed of checking our export certification and import certification together and making sure of the methodology would be someth

International Trade committee  To put that in order, everybody needs to get an invitation to have an official delegation, and then they provide the visa. You use the invitation to go to the embassy and then you would get a visa based on that invitation.

International Trade committee  As you said, we have had a lot of history with China and canola, as well as from a plant health and a trade side. We had some issues in 2009 and 2016, but our exports to China have continued to grow . We've been successful through sustained efforts. It's never been short term.

International Trade committee  They have provided some information; some information, they have not provided.