International Trade committee  Sure. Thank you for the question. At a high level, thanks to the work of Canadian growers and the entire value chain, our pulse industry is an environmental success story. Pulses, when grown as part of an agronomically responsible rotation, lower Canada's environmental footprint

International Trade committee  I'd say, at this point in time, no. However, I do think there's definitely potential in the future for the nexus of trade and climate to create more opportunity for non-tariff trade barriers. Specifically, when we look at a market like the EU, mirror clauses, for example, the s

International Trade committee  I will just quickly note that the inclusion of an Indo-Pacific agriculture and agri-food office in the region is going to be extremely important in creating, as I touched on before, this long-term and sustained presence in the region to proactively address some of these irritants

International Trade committee  Thanks for the question. I think there are a couple of things on this one. For one, the only market in the world where pulses are politically sensitive and often subject to protectionism is India's. That's why, in this future agreement—not an agreement that we've negotiated alr

International Trade committee  I think I've already touched on the issues with their pea import policy, which has effectively banned us out of the market, but I think another thing that I'll add is just around the implementation of sanitary and phytosanitary import requirements. While we know it's necessary f

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. I think I'd start off by saying that we do rely on our trade commissioner service, and they do a very commendable and great job in a lot of our key markets, but oftentimes they have many issues to deal with, many priorities, and don't have the ability

International Trade committee  If you're referring to the technical capacity-building efforts I noted, I think these can take place through a number of ways, whether it's visits to production sites, labs, research stations, engaging with eminent academics and their institutions, market studies, etc. However, a

International Trade committee  For sure. We very much support the government's efforts to conclude an early progress trade agreement with India. An EPTA that creates predictable and transparent policy in general for the trade in pulses between Canada, the world's largest pulse-exporting country, and India, the

International Trade committee  That was something that Pulse Canada along with a number of our other counterparts at ag commodity associations in Canada supported very much. As I mentioned, it's very important that, in addition to having these mechanisms within trade agreements, we have a sustained and long-te

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for the invitation to be here. It's a pleasure to speak with you today on a very important topic for Canada's growing pulse industry. My name is Mac Ross, and I'm the director of market access and trade policy at Pulse Canada.

International Trade committee  Sure. You made a good point about how Canada has achieved reduced duties and tariffs through lots of our free trade agreements, but these non-tariff barriers are becoming the irritant that's restricting trade the most. We're seeing it happen in markets throughout the Indo-Pacifi

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for having us here today. It's a pleasure to be here alongside colleagues from across the Canadian agriculture value chain to discuss a very important topic for Canada's growing pulse industry. My name is Mac Ross, and I am th