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International Trade committee  Yes, it's a major preoccupation for us. As I said, we worked really hard with our government, and with the opposition, and with negotiators to get through CUSMA. We protected a lot of measures in CUSMA, as we did in CETA. Everything is at risk right now. Fortunately, we know exac

June 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  It's absolutely critical. It's the foundation of the entire Canadian wine industry as it stands today. Australia tells us it will drop the panel process. If we simply drop the legislative portion of increasing excise duties every year, the Canadian wine industry will survive. If

June 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  Yes, it is quite valuable. On social media, when there are imports coming in.... Consumers are eating more and more eggs all the time. They'll take a picture showing the Canadian flag and then when there are American eggs which say "Product of U.S.A.", it's like.... They really w

June 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  The concern we have with the WTO challenge is that they have come after us on a number of different measures, both federal and provincial, but they've clearly stated to us that there are three measures that are of significance to them. Number one is getting access to grocery in B

June 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for this opportunity to address the committee on the Canadian wine industry's perspectives on the new NAFTA agreement, also known as CUSMA. The modernization or renegotiation of NAFTA was an unprecedented trade experience. Not only did Canada fac

June 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

Finance committee  As you know, we have two parts to our business: one is the 100% Canadian part. We have seen significant investment over the past 10 years and continuing today, in terms of 400 new wineries opening over the past 10 years, contributing an additional $2.6 billion to the economy. Th

September 19th, 2018Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

Finance committee  You produce beer.

September 19th, 2018Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Canadian wine industry is a $9-billion industry that manages 31,000 acres of vineyards, produces 85 million litres of wine, employs 37,000 Canadians and pays $1.7 billion in annual wages. In addition, Canada's wine sector attracts roughly four million t

September 19th, 2018Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  I don't have a significant amount to add. Just from a worker perspective, we use the foreign worker program because, as Dean knows, the grape growers need these seasoned, experienced workers from abroad. We bring them in not only year after year but generation by generation, work

May 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  Yes, we represent large, medium, and small.

May 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  I think everybody is generally on the same page when it comes to trade, for those who are interested in trade. It represents a very small percentage of the wineries in Canada. There are different reasons for it. The smaller wineries want access to trade to get exposure to their p

May 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  The priority market for the Canadian wine industry is China; it would be our largest export market. We see great opportunities there not only for icewine but for our other wine products as well. Beyond that we focus, unlike some major wine-producing countries that focus on an en

May 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  The wine annex that's in the trans-Pacific partnership agreement comes from the World Wine Trade Group. Canada participates in that group, an industry-government body that has developed the harmonization of regulations to bring down barriers to trade so that my label can enter yo

May 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  I don't have any specifics on Mercosur countries with me today, but without a doubt there's going to be a significant amount of support provided to the Argentinian wine industry, given its size in that country. They own their entire market, so if they weren't able to export they'

May 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski

International Trade committee  The trade agreements open up those markets to us, which is important. However, if you look at the agreements themselves, these are superpowers in wine production, so their interest in importing wine from Canada is limited. Our largest exports will typically be our icewines, but w

May 1st, 2018Committee meeting

Dan Paszkowski