International Trade committee  Thank you. I won't answer on the beef, but maybe I'll defer this question to my vice-president, Greg Northey.

International Trade committee  Nobody really knows. Common sense would tell me that in a negotiation, you're going to use whatever advantage you can get. If another country protects a certain commodity—which they all do—the other country is going to put up something as well to have that protected. That will

International Trade committee  First of all, we're not speaking against supply management, not in the least. We have coexisted, and we will continue to coexist. However, all we're arguing is that by putting this law into effect, yes, you're protecting supply management and you should protect supply management,

International Trade committee  Agriculture, in general, is a competitive business. If I understand your question right, I compete with my neighbours all the time. Does supply management have a bit of an upper hand on us because of their industry? Yes, but we manage that. We manage it through international tr

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. It's a very good question. That's exactly what we're concerned about and our members are concerned about. Even for countries that we're negotiating with that have no interest in supply management here in Canada, just making this law would put that on

International Trade committee  I don't think you even need a new president in the United States for this to happen. Just as soon as this happens, it will come to their attention. CUSMA will have to be relooked at in their minds. We could come at the bad end of the stick. This is not good.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to present to you today. My name is Dan Darling, and I am the president of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance. I'm also a beef producer and grain farmer here in Ontario. CAFTA is the voice of Canad

International Trade committee  Yes, Claire.

International Trade committee  That was going to be my answer to the question anyway. That's where it would contradict trade rules.

International Trade committee  I guess it would be a principle. I can't answer that question fully right now...unless Claire can.

International Trade committee  Thanks, Claire. I think that Claire, for the most part, answered that question really well. Obviously, to handcuff our negotiators right off the hop when they go into negotiations would be extremely detrimental. I can foresee, for an example, if we were working out a deal with t

International Trade committee  I might want to mention that our executive director, Claire Citeau, is with me here today. She may want to elaborate on some of my answers. Some of the deals we've done so far have benefited not only the non-supply management sectors, but the supply management sectors as well. W

International Trade committee  Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to present to you today. My name is Dan Darling, and I am the president of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance or CAFTA. As you know, we are the voice of the Canadian agri-food exporters advo