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View Sukh Dhaliwal Profile
Lib. (BC)
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Madam Chair, I would like to welcome all the presenters and my dear friends and colleagues. In particular, I know I missed saying my good morning from beautiful British Columbia to Christine, our clerk.
Madam Chair, contrary to what my dear friend Mr. Blaikie said—that Mr. Forsyth is here to defend the government—it's my understanding that he's here to provide professional non-partisan advice to the committee members on this particular act, which is Bill C-216.
My question is for Mr. Forsyth. He mentioned numerous times that there are some risks involved. One of them, he mentioned, is a narrow outcome. I would like to ask him to explain or elaborate on those risks and the potential impacts.
View Sukh Dhaliwal Profile
Lib. (BC)
Madam Chair, it's also mentioned that in introducing specific policy objectives, the proposed amendments wouldn't fundamentally change the nature of the departmental act. I would like to hear an elaboration on that particular issue as well, please.
View Tracy Gray Profile
CPC (BC)
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Based on what was brought forth by Mr. Savard-Tremblay, we agreed, as a committee, what the timeline was going to be. We designated certain days and what we would be doing on those days. We, as a committee, all voted for that.
I have questions to ask. I'm sure my other colleagues have questions to ask. I'd like to continue with the agreed timeline that we all voted on recently that sets out the work the committee would be doing each day.
View Sukh Dhaliwal Profile
Lib. (BC)
View Tracy Gray Profile
CPC (BC)
Thank you Madam Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here. It's good to see you again, Mr. Forsyth.
As my first question, if Bill C-216 is adopted, could this potentially have a negative effect on supply-managed sectors, in your opinion?
View Tracy Gray Profile
CPC (BC)
Thank you.
I want to ask you this because of your experience negotiating the Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement last year.
Despite the U.K. being a large exporter of cheese worldwide, the negotiators were able to ensure no new market access to supply-managed sectors in this agreement. What is the process that the negotiators go through in order to prevent this from happening? I think you touched on it a little bit today, but is there anything else you want to add?
View Tracy Gray Profile
CPC (BC)
Okay. Thank you very much.
We heard today from High Commissioner Goodale that it looks like the agreement between Canada and the U.K. will be accelerated, although U.K. Prime Minister Johnson told CBC a few weeks ago that he wants to see access for U.K. cheese in the Canadian market.
What action has the government directed you or our department to take on this issue?
View Tracy Gray Profile
CPC (BC)
If I could just squeeze this in, would royal assent for Bill C-216 be helpful to you in the success of our negotiations with the U.K. to protect Canadian supply-managed sectors, or would you say that it will make no difference in the prioritization of protecting it?
View Tracy Gray Profile
CPC (BC)
Thank you, Madam Chair, for allowing me the extra time because of the translation problem.
If Bill C-216 receives royal assent, would it be helpful to you in success in negotiations with the U.K. to protect Canadian supply-managed sectors, or would you say that it would make no difference in the prioritizing of it?
View Ken Hardie Profile
Lib. (BC)
Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for this opportunity.
When we talk about supply management, it brings to mind the whole issue that this is more about families, communities and the strength of sectors that historically have been the foundation of many communities in the country. It goes beyond money and markets, which is why I tend to agree with Mr. Blaikie that this is more of a political issue and not so much a technical one. It is also an issue on which we need to understand the technical implications of maintaining something that is, if you like, culturally important to Canada, because there will eventually and undoubtedly be trade-offs.
Would adopting this bill and exercising a total barrier to negotiating over supply management basically shut the door to other countries in a very large way in our potential trade agreements?
Mr. Forsyth, maybe you could answer that.
View Ken Hardie Profile
Lib. (BC)
If I could, Mr. Forsyth, I have other questions, and I know this is not an easy answer or a short one. Basically, then, it's safe to say that this just limits our range of movement if we take something off the table. Is that basically it?
View Ken Hardie Profile
Lib. (BC)
Do we have other sectors where we already provide the same kind of protections that this bill would provide to the supply-managed sector?
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