International Trade committee  As it relates to the SIF, definitely the threshold sits at $20 million. There are not a lot of small or medium-sized enterprises that are ready to turn the shovel on a $20-million dollar project. Certainly that's a challenge for us. I also believe there is a threshold for numbers

International Trade committee  Before the down weeks for us, we give notice that allows them to apply for EI. Unfortunately, most of these people make too much money to have a real benefit from the program. At the end, it will be clawed back.

International Trade committee  I'll try to be brief this time. Really, what I see—and I did mention—is that there needs to be some relief for this period of adjustment. We're all adjusting. We're all trying to figure out ways to make it work. That needs to be economic relief. People are paying dollars to the

International Trade committee  In 2017, ASW sold 90% of its products into the United States, so our cost has gone up 25%. Since the tariffs came into play—actually in January of this year—we saw some activity and we were concerned, so we started to move towards a product line that we could sell in Canada, whic

International Trade committee  I will try to remember all that. Thank you for the questions. To start, my history with the company—the business, the facility we're at right now—dates back to 1980. I started there as a graduate, and it was a company that employed 1,600 people at the time. It was making steel p

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  It's in Welland, Ontario.

International Trade committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to testify before you today. ASW Steel Inc. is a specialty steel manufacturer located in Welland, Ontario. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S.-based Union Electric Steel, a division of the publicly traded