International Trade committee  In what sector?

International Trade committee  I think that there have been six requests since 2002, one of which concerned finished bicycles and one which concerned bicycle parts. We have also received requests relating to barbecues, tobacco, furniture and clothing. Of these cases, three were heard, one was withdrawn, and an

International Trade committee  We are looking at more or less 95 employees, including the members. The budget is around $9.5 million to $10 million. Essentially the budget is salaries. There's not very much operational budget.

International Trade committee  Well, Mr. Menzies, both of those questions are a little beyond the mandate of the tribunal, so it's difficult for me to provide answers to those kinds of questions. In terms of avoiding the pitfalls of dumping and subsidy, the only advice I can give a domestic industry is to be

International Trade committee  It is somewhat difficult for me to answer your question as it is political in nature and that is beyond our mandate. We apply the law. Were the government to see fit to task us with providing more support to industry, through counsel, for example, it would be for it to set up and

International Trade committee  I appreciate that the procedures applied by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal are complex, but that cannot be avoided. The agreements negotiated in Geneva, at the WTO and elsewhere, that have been signed by the government and incorporated into Canadian law require that th

International Trade committee  Let's say that we all participate at the same negotiation to establish those agreements. Those agreements, once the government has accepted them, are then internalized into domestic legislation.

International Trade committee  I don't think I would characterize it that way, no. The cases on dumping and subsidy come to us as a result of industry complaints. It's really up to the industries involved to make the first move. They have to document their case and present it, then we'll deal with it. I guess

International Trade committee  Yes, sir. The genesis of all of this is the international agreements in the World Trade Organization, which enjoin the parties to have certain kinds of procedures to deal with dumping and subsidy and safeguards. It starts from the same source. We then internalize those agreements

International Trade committee  The responsibility of the Canada Border Services Agency is, first of all, to determine whether there's a properly documented case. Once they've decided that they are going to initiate an inquiry, they pass the file onto the tribunal. The tribunal makes a preliminary determination

International Trade committee  No, sir. The softwood case is before the U.S. court--the ITC, International Trade Commission. It's both a dumping and subsidy case, but it's in the United States, not in Canada. We have nothing to do with that. We deal, sir, with complaints by Canadians against foreigners.

International Trade committee  I think we have to make a distinction between a dumping or subsidy inquiry and a safeguard inquiry. A dumping and subsidy inquiry is quite different. It involves, as you mentioned a few moments ago, CCRA starting the process and then sending the information to us to make a prelim

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is an honour for the members of the tribunal here today to appear before the committee. We will do our best to answer your questions. Mr. John Greig and I are here today with Mr. Reagan Walker, our Legal Department Director, and Ms. Hélène Nadeau, the

Finance committee  We can give you a gross breakdown of line items.

Finance committee  Under what heading? What type of case?