International Trade committee  I'll start, but I certainly want to hear from the ground, from Brendan as well. When it comes to soybean varieties, they're very sensitive to the amount of heat, so we need to continue to invest in varieties that fit the geographic conditions we have; our temperatures are gettin

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for the question on containers. Containers are really important for our ability to export. In fact, almost all of our food-grade soybeans are exported in containers and, of all the grains in Canada, soybeans are the greatest users of containers for export. Abo

International Trade committee  From our perspective, prioritizing trade agreements and the infrastructure that is required after them would be our number one piece of advice, in the sense that we should invest energy to achieve both of those objectives. We know that not all countries in the world are thinking

International Trade committee  Building on Brendan's remarks, we have an agriculture sector that adopts technology really quickly. We create technology, including seed technology and seed varieties, to produce the best tofu in the world, as Brendan describes, and we have a logistics and small and medium-sized

International Trade committee  When it comes to the soybean industry, we have a lot of small and medium-sized businesses. From our seed companies to our exporters, we have many small and medium-sized businesses spread across the country. We also have a lot of small and medium-sized businesses in the processing

International Trade committee  Maybe I'll start and then Brendan can add his perspective as well. When we look at our soybean sector, we're really export focused, and so access to the Indo-Pacific is about accessing growing demand to grow our exports but it is also very importantly about having options, and a

International Trade committee  We've been particularly successful in Canada thanks to seed producers in Quebec and Ontario, as Mr. Byrne explained so well. It's because the varieties of soybean are really local. The quality of the seed for tofu, for example, is really specific to the variety. That's why we pro

International Trade committee  Yes, definitely. We too consume our food-grade soybeans. It's just that in Canada, we eat a lot less tofu than they do in the Indo-Pacific countries, for example. In Canada, we use our soybeans for animal production, including chicken and pork, but also for the production of soy

International Trade committee  It depends on the market. The stiffest tariffs are in India, but they are also high in Indonesia. This could be dealt with in a trade agreement.

International Trade committee  Absolutely. The essence of having greater investment is being able to work through more complex issues. Sometimes these things take time. They take effort and sometimes face-to-face conversation. Having the attention to invest in that can really help yield results, but if we're

International Trade committee  Thank you. Taiwan is certainly an important market for our soybeans, primarily our food-grade soybeans that are turned into tofu, soy milk, natto, miso and other products really central to the diet that's local there. It's a market that's strong and stable. It also is growing, n

International Trade committee  Absolutely, and that's why we're so interested in the negotiations between Canada and Indonesia. Indonesia is also an incredible growth story. If we're looking at the statistics even back three or four years, our exports from Canada to Indonesia have grown incredibly. Between the

International Trade committee  I referenced my conversations around interaction between plant health regulators because there are always issues that arise in the trade of food products. It creates risk when we don't have confidence that the conditions in place today will continue in a month, and to be more can

International Trade committee  The trade commissioner service and the trade offices are very helpful. I was in touch just yesterday, for example, with those in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Those offices are very helpful for what service they're able to provide. They certainly help, but we could use more i

International Trade committee  When we highlight the opportunity and the need to be more proactive and to have more collaboration between industry and government in market, what that means in practice could be exactly what you're describing as an Indo-Pacific diversification office. From our experience, trade