International Trade committee  One of the observations we made early in the presentation was the complementarity of our trade with Colombia. We import a significant amount of agricultural product from Colombia that is already duty-free, and that accounts for a large share of their exports to Canada. They hav

International Trade committee  If the wheat tariff, as an example, were to double from the 15%, it would be a $30-million tariff increase. It would be doubling the current duties that we pay. And that, again, would have an impact on the $100-million business we do there, which isn't accounted for. So you'd los

International Trade committee  Dean has spoken to some of the specifics, touching on wheat, barley, and peas and lentils. There are also products such as pork. We've been a consistent supplier of pork to Colombia, accounting for about one-third of their imports. We compete in that market with potentially prefe

International Trade committee  If we're all competing on the same footing as other suppliers, the impact is certainly an increase in the tariff across all suppliers. But for example in the case of the U.S., in their agreement Colombia has undertaken to eliminate the use of that price band. Were it to be applie