International Trade committee  I'm an engineer. It's very tough for me—

International Trade committee  —to straddle that. All I can say is that buy American is the biggest threat to us. I think men and women will lose their jobs if buy American is implemented.

International Trade committee  Yes, they are not laid off yet. However, there are four plants that are going down because we don't have any raw material: Langley, Clarkson, Pharmacy in Toronto and.... I have up-to-the-minute emails on that right now.

International Trade committee  Mr. Blaikie, that's a perfect question. In fact, that's what some of the provinces are doing. There is an opportunity for every province to have an agreement with the states. There are 37 states that are most crucial to us. Ontario is doing that right now. Quebec is doing that.

International Trade committee  No, we export to 66 countries.

International Trade committee  No amount of exports will replace the American market.

International Trade committee  They're taken care of by companies that are there already.

International Trade committee  That's a very good question. I recall that back in 2009 and 2010 the government was very interested in getting industry's input on buy American. We participated very fully in that initiative, and Canada did get an exemption. I think that was February 2010. This time out we didn

International Trade committee  Thank you. My name is Veso Sobot. I am an engineer with IPEX. We manufacture plastic pipe for construction. If you take a look under your sink when you go home tonight, late at night—my goodness, you guys have stamina—you'll see black pipe under there. It's probably our stuff. W