International Trade committee  They determine how it's allocated, absolutely. It's 100% the Canadian government's decision.

International Trade committee  Thank you. There were lot of questions in there. I'll start with the solutions. It really is about the administration. It's about the allocation and fixing the allocation. First, I'll go to the CPTPP and the fact that only 10% of the allocation is given to distributors. Our recommendation would be that we triple that so that when we're able to use the CPTPP in 2025, distributors will have the ability to actually import enough product to help in the Canadian market.

International Trade committee  Absolutely. I think the best solution for us would be to fix allocations. The challenge with the CPTPP is first of all that the accession's probably not going to happen until 2025, so we're talking about something that's a couple of years out. The allocation method today is disastrous for us, because I think there are 56,000 kilos that would be allowed for distributors that we would share equally.

International Trade committee  Well, the WTO is a challenge because it's a two-tiered quota system and we've been pushed out of tier two since 2016. Tier one quota is the cans. Picture a can; you can pour it. In the way the WTO quota is allocated, it's anything that's 10% cream or above. I don't know about you, but I don't think we want to be pouring 10% creamers on our scones with jam.

International Trade committee  It's the Canadian government that decides on the allocation.

International Trade committee  I would say that we hope the government continues quickly with this TRQ review so that the allocation method can be fixed.

International Trade committee  We've been working for a long time to resolve the issue with the government. I'd like to say the biggest impact we're faced with right now, with the trade barriers, is loss of business and sales. A great example of that would be how we're not able to sell into food service due to the tight volume restrictions imposed by Global Affairs Canada.

International Trade committee  Fix allocation.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Members of the committee, good morning. My name is Lisa MacNeil, and I'm the president of Tree of Life Canada. While Tree of Life Canada is one of the largest distributors of specialty and natural foods in Canada, I come to you today as the importer of British clotted and double creams.

International Trade committee  Thank you. I would say that we don't feel that Bill C-282 is necessary. From our perspective, Canadians would lose out if this bill came into play. By that, I mean in importing British creams, specialty creams from the U.K., we're an orphan. We don't really fit into any of the categories within the dairy sector or the dairy categories.

International Trade committee  Thank you. Members of the committee, good morning. My name is Lisa MacNeil, president of Tree of Life Canada, and I'm joined by my colleague, Francesco Mastruzzo, our director of brand development. Today I am here to impress upon the committee that given Bill C-282's negative impact on many small businesses across Canada, such as our customers and ourselves, it should not be supported by parliamentarians.