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International Trade committee Yes, we were surprised, but we're not trade gurus, so I don't know that we were in a position to have a strong opinion. We were very focused on section 232 and, yes, disappointed.
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Andrew Mindell
International Trade committee The only thing—and this is just us sitting here—that would be preferable goes back to the first question about the timeline, but I can understand why it wasn't possible. It felt as though we did our work and then the finance department was going to put forward their recommendatio
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Andrew Mindell
International Trade committee No, the communication was great. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that if the government had the ability to communicate to us to say that we got past that hurdle.... We didn't get that. They just said that some had been put forward and “we will let you know when cabinet gets back
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Andrew Mindell
International Trade committee I think in an ideal world, yes, it would be shorter. That would be ideal. In the situation we found ourselves in, we had customers who had slowed their ordering to the absolute bare minimum and were holding their breath hoping to get through the steel tariffs, to get through NAFT
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Andrew Mindell
International Trade committee Yes. We had many customers who applied alongside us. We don't have a trade group or a trade organization. We're a small industry. However, they certainly supported us, and we welcomed the government to probe us where necessary, as opposed to going unprobed, to make a decision. We
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Andrew Mindell
International Trade committee I would just say that we followed the advice we heard and we followed it to a T. When we were told to fill out an application, we filled it out as we were asked to fill it out. We were persistent in our following up. We just stayed on it. It was the biggest issue in our business,
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Andrew Mindell
International Trade committee The 2,000 jobs is a representation of our customer base and ourselves. They would be affected.
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Andrew Mindell
International Trade committee Yes, but I would say that our customer base is much larger for this product in Manitoba and Alberta. We do have customers in British Columbia, but given the nature of our customers—farmstead equipment, covered shelter manufacturers, playground manufacturers—there's fairly heavy r
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Andrew Mindell
International Trade committee Thank you. Good morning. My name is Andrew Mindell. I am the president of UBS Industries. Sitting next to me is Jim Kerr, our general manager. Our company is a specialty steel distributor and agent that is located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The product we're here to talk a
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Andrew Mindell