International Trade committee  It's absolutely critical. We do have to diversify, to get out of dealing with just the U.S. Beyond that there is still a lot of uncertainty around the trade agreements that exist currently with Europe and with what's going on with Asia as well with some of the work that's being d

International Trade committee  In St. Thomas, it's safe to say that we haven't seen any significant job losses yet as a result of trade barriers or tariffs. In fact, we're seeing record numbers of companies hiring people, trying to find people and having challenges doing so. But we've all seen how fast that ca

International Trade committee  I would say the majority of it, quite honestly, is product going to the U.S. and Canada. They are supplying companies like Toyota in Woodstock and Cambridge. They're supplying GM. They're supplying Ford. Those products go across the border multiple times, and oftentimes they are

International Trade committee  It's a challenging one as far as our community goes. I don't have a good answer for you, to be honest. I don't think so, on that one.

International Trade committee  I think we could make it work.

International Trade committee  In our region or in St. Thomas...? In St. Thomas, we have well over 100 small and medium-sized companies. I'm sure there are hundreds more across the region.

International Trade committee  Thanks very much. It's a pleasure to be here. In 2008, the city of St. Thomas was often used as the poster child for the recession that took place, and we've really rebounded back in the decade since then. We've seen all of those buildings that were vacated by companies like Ste