Finance committee  If I may, Bill C-101 removes a barrier to implementing safeguards right away, not in two years but immediately. What the bill says, before this amendment is put in place, is that you must wait two years before you can do safeguards again for the same product. What this amendment

Finance committee  I would love to add to that. Thank you very much. It's very nice to see you again, as well. The first point I wanted to make was—maybe officially, because I've been doing this almost every day since 232 was resolved and lifted...but perhaps I should do that here at this commit

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, if you don't mind, I have just one more thing to add that I think is quite crucial for all of you to hear, going forward. What we feel is an important lesson learned from what we just lived through is that we have to look very closely at Canada's trade remedy system.

Finance committee  Sure. Thank you for your question, Mr. Dusseault. I will answer you in English.

Finance committee  Five of the seven, yes. As Mr. Neumann stated, I really do believe that this had to do with timing: the period of investigation and the timing of the initiation of the process. Our sense is that, without safeguards, we will have surges. We have been asking fairly consistently in

Finance committee  I wondered if I could build on the point about the U.S. I think it's really important for all of us—all the political parties in Canada and all the stakeholders—to remember that the U.S. is watching our every move. We have to demonstrate that we have the tools and we will use the

Finance committee  Honestly, I think that safeguards were a very helpful tool. It was a different political situation in the U.S. around their interest on section 232. As you know, they applied them globally—not just to Canada. We were caught up in that unfairly and egregiously and what have you. W

Finance committee  Yes, right, the Soo as well; sorry, Dave.

Finance committee  To further elaborate on my answer, Canada and the U.S. can serve this market in the western part of our country, as previously mentioned. In fact, I'm really pleased to report that with regard to the Canadian market share, I can give you an example on a topic that keeps getting b

Finance committee  I think we would describe these times as rather unprecedented. This is the feeling of the CSPA membership. It's why we are so seized with the tool box getting expanded. Frankly, flexibility does not in our case mean uncertainty, as a previous witness had identified. For us it act

Finance committee  The first point I was trying to make was that we have suppliers who serve the west. The Canadian steel producers, all of them, are prepared, and have been serving the west, but there are also some specific facilities that are based in the west. Sometimes I worry that we think of

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, members of the committee and fellow panellists. I appreciate the opportunity to be here. My name is Catherine Cobden. I'm president of the Canadian Steel Producers Association. I'm here today representing our member companies, who are engaged in the m