International Trade committee  I think much of this caught the industry by surprise, more disappointment, because it was yet another hit. I think it's that cumulative effect of all of this overall. I think we had seen some strong growth, particularly as we have been one of the lead actors in helping to creat

International Trade committee  We do have a number of products. We make a wonderful smooth cottage cheese at a fantastic area in Etobicoke. We actually have a North American patent on that. We are looking at various goods that we already make that we can ship to the U.S. As much as market access to the U.S. h

International Trade committee  It's a part of it. Make no mistake, the domestic Canadian marketplace is still the number one marketplace for us. I think we've also learned lessons from other sectors in that as we are losing market share, we can't afford to lose any more than what has been allocated and given a

International Trade committee  That's probably a better question to pose to industry associations, because they're the ones that manage the marketing dollars and focus on the marketing activities. I do think that it is a part of a struggle, as you increasingly have more options in the marketplace for consumer

International Trade committee  Teeswater, the nutraceutical-grade dairy ingredients facility that we commissioned last summer, will be making a variation of MPC as well as milk protein isolate for domestic as well as export sectors. As Global Affairs will look at how they allocate what can actually be export

International Trade committee  We have not. We have opted to focus more on the opportunities and how we can continue to strengthen and grow. We have a very progressive membership of dairy farmers who are very committed to the Canadian dairy industry and who see huge potential. Our focus has been on how we actu

International Trade committee  Government, as it started to look toward the landing zone, probably a month out, started to float some of the options it was considering, and certainly those were privileged conversations, without prejudice. It was not definitive to what they were going ahead with, but certainly

International Trade committee  Throughout the month of September, we started to understand that there were some variations and some options that government was considering in its discussions with the U.S.

International Trade committee  It was in 2018.

International Trade committee  In 2003 the dryer that Gay Lea put in place in Guelph was predominantly to make skim milk powder, so that entire facility in the city of Guelph is entirely making skim milk powder right now. We'll be making some decisions as to what we do and how we go forward with some of that,

International Trade committee  That tariff is prohibitive at its cost right now for us to look at some of this to be competitive.

International Trade committee  No.

International Trade committee  No.

International Trade committee  Certainly some of that is what we can use domestically. Some of that will be what that product mix is and where we go forward. Some of this will have an implication on—it's three specific dairy goods that have been captured by the export thresholds—what else and how else we can m

International Trade committee  It would in some ways. I would also put back as well that the U.S. is not looking to Canada to be their complete solution. We are a bit of a dumping ground. If we look at the size of our marketplace compared to the size of California, we see we're not going to be their solution e