International Trade committee  I can take a stab at a short answer. I will try. First of all, all beef has hormones. All broccoli has hormones. But we don't put any added implants into the cattle going over there, so there is none landing on their shore with any added implants in them at all—any growth promo

International Trade committee  I would hate to think that we are committed fundamentally to anything. We need to continue to be progressive, and we need to continue to adapt to the changing world that we are all in. Certainly, trade has been a huge discussion over my tenure in this group. No, I am certainly n

International Trade committee  Certainly, as you well know, we're hopeful that we can get some sort of a trigger point in there, because we definitely need it. We can certainly see a great expansion into the U.K. Under the CETA rules, we've been very, very limited. As I pointed out in my speech earlier, the U.

International Trade committee  Again, not seeing the actual text of the whole agreement, we don't know what the leverage point is. There have been discussions around those. We certainly hope there is something there that we can push forward. We're certainly encouraging the Government of Canada to push forward

International Trade committee  I was the first speaker, so I'll speak and Fawn can jump in and correct me if I don't get everything. Without the transitional agreement, I feel we would have been in trouble, because our product starts very young and if we're going to meet their requirements, we have to follow

International Trade committee  Fawn, you'd have a better timeline on that than I would.

International Trade committee  Yes, it appears that, if they follow the methodology they were describing going into this, we will be faced with a limited number of TRQs going into the U.K. We don't know that number yet until we get the text, the same as you.

International Trade committee  Certainly we've had a voice, and we've had a good working relationship with all parties in the entire government. It's certainly been helpful to have that. However, we do look for broader consultation in the future on the impact this trade agreement, this FTA, could have on our f

International Trade committee  Certainly, we're poised to have a significant increase in the EU and certainly the U.K.'s part of that, and a large part of it. We've had long-term large trading capacity and ability with the U.K. However, the TRQs are very limiting to us. They don't allow us to fully expand int

International Trade committee  We look forward to reviewing the complete text as soon as it's made available and to engaging with the Government of Canada on any shortfalls that need to be addressed. Thank you.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, everyone, or good afternoon for some of you now. My name is Doug Sawyer, and I'm a cattle rancher here in Pine Lake, Alberta. I am also a board member of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, the national voice of 60,000 beef operations fr