International Trade committee  Yes. Affordability can be tied into gender equality for sure. We're saying that making everything Energy Star is going to affect affordability.

International Trade committee  It targets all appliances. Actually, “appliance” is not defined in it, so it could go beyond home appliances to electronics and anything under the Energy Star program right now.

International Trade committee  Yes, that's right. If you made everything Energy Star, it would be the end of the Energy Star program here in Canada.

International Trade committee  Yes. If we're going to tie our regulations to Energy Star, then yes, that would be very strange, because they could change them in the United States and I guess we'd have to follow. It just doesn't make any sense.

International Trade committee  Regulatory harmonization is our number one issue. It took Canada 10 years to catch up to the United States in terms of energy efficiency levels, which I mentioned earlier in my presentation. This government has worked through the regulatory co-operation council. They put in a lo

International Trade committee  Canada is a net importer of appliances.

International Trade committee  Nothing is manufactured in Canada.

International Trade committee  Nothing is actually manufactured in Canada.

International Trade committee  We still have a huge industry here. All of our companies are located in the 905 area. I'm not going to name them but we have 50 companies that I represent here in Canada.

International Trade committee  It also affects retail. We have distribution centres across the country. They're sold in every store. They're in every home. It's a huge industry.

International Trade committee  No, but consumer choice will be affected.

International Trade committee  It's very strange that a ministerial mandate letter is tied to a program run by the American government. That just doesn't make sense. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever to our industry.

International Trade committee  It will potentially have an impact on affordability and it will significantly reduce the consumer choices here in Canada because around 41% to 75% of the appliances that are on the market right now just won't be available, and that's in less than two years. That's significant. I

International Trade committee  Good afternoon. AHAM represents manufacturers of major, portable and floor-care appliances in Canada and the United States. Our membership includes over 150 companies. The industry supports 40,000 jobs in Canada, including manufacturing, sales, distribution and retail. In Canad

Finance committee  It's less than two years, in 2022.