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Session 2010-11
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ADAM AFRIYIE, MR RICHARD BACON, RT HON MARGARET HODGE and CAROLINE LUCAS
taken before the Backbench Business Committee
on Monday 6 December 2010
Members present:
Natascha Engel (Chair)
Jane Ellison
John Hemming
Mr Philip Hollobone
Ian Mearns
Mr George Mudie
Examination of Witnesses
ADAM AFRIYIE, MR RICHARD BACON, RT HON MARGARET HODGE AND CAROLINE LUCAS made representations.
Q1 Chair: Welcome back, Adam.
Adam Afriyie: It's good to be here. I'll speak for about 45 seconds to do the groundwork, then we'll see where we are.
A motion was passed unanimously by Parliament last Thursday, which was very clear: it said that if IPSA does not come forward with a new scheme that is acceptable according to the principles in motion, Parliament would act. We instructed the Government to allow time for Parliament to act and not stand in the way of measures. The key point is that the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 might need to be altered. To keep the option open to hit the deadline of 1 April, a Bill must be in Committee in the next two or three weeks. It cannot be achieved in any other way.
To keep that option open-to make sure that it is possible to deliver the motion-a Bill needs to be in Committee. I again proposed a private Member's Bill last Friday-the Parliamentary Standards (Amendment) Bill-and to my utter astonishment the Government Whip objected to it again, and I think that is recorded in Hansard. What this tells me very clearly is that, while I am sure that the Government will be bound by the motion, and while they are comfortable for the Backbench Business Committee to move the matter forward, they do not appear to be comfortable about doing it in their own time at the moment. As the Leader of the House said a couple of Thursdays ago, the Government would not make time available at that point, but they were comfortable with the Backbench Business Committee moving it forward.
I have proposed Second Reading for the Parliamentary Standards (Amendment) Bill on Thursday 16 December, which is a Backbench Business Committee day. I come here today to say, "Here I am. I have moved Second Reading for that date." Given that this is a specific matter relating only to Parliament and not the external world, I hope that the Committee will consider Second Reading taking place on 16 December.
Q2 John Hemming: I presume that you would not want very much time for that.
Adam Afriyie: Very little time.
Q3 Chair: We are going to have to discuss this. Procedurally, this issue is outside our remit, I think, but we will have to look into it.
On private Members' Bills, there was a lot of debate about them in the previous Parliament. At the moment, that area is time that Back Benchers own anyway, so for us as a Backbench Business Committee to start meddling with that would probably be a regressive step. We need to look at all the implications.
Adam Afriyie: I would observe, having gone through all the rules and Standing Orders related to this, that it appears that the Backbench Business Committee would be able to take something beyond the introductory stage but not introduce legislation. You could not take a presentation Bill or a motion, but once you got beyond that stage, it looks possible that you could take a Second Reading. That's clearly something the Backbench Business Committee will need to work out, and I understand it may take a few days to think about.
Finally, I would add that this does not necessarily open the floodgates, which I understand would be a concern-I, too, would be concerned about that-for three reasons. The first reason is that over the past 10 years, in terms of private Members' business, no business has been the same as the Parliamentary Standards (Amendment) Bill in that it related only to Parliament and not to the external world.
The second point to take into consideration is that, looking at the Bills that have come through on a Friday, if we are all pretty clear about it, about 95% of them are either written by the Government or stand little chance of becoming law, because they are not drafted in such a fashion that they are able to become law. I would argue that if you did a matrix of what does not enable a precedent, this Bill would fit right at the heart of that matrix. That is because, thinking about the Bills that are there at the moment, there are no others that this would open up a channel for. This is purely a parliamentary matter, really to do with Back Benchers. It is a parliamentary matter, not an external-world matter.
Q4 Chair: I think that we will look at it when we sit in private. There are much wider implications than just simply slotting it in for a couple of minutes before business. We will have to look at that and get back to you, if that is all right. Thank you. No doubt we will see you next week.
Adam Afriyie: I am enjoying it.
Q5 Chair: So are we.
Margaret and Richard, thank you very much for coming. Basically, the format for this is for you to run us through what it is that you are after and what time slot. At the moment, on 16 December we have three hours in the Chamber, and we have a three-hour slot in Westminster Hall on 13 January, which is when we first get back. The 16 December slot is the only one between now and Christmas that we will have in the Chamber. We also want to hear why you are making representations here, what other avenues you have tried, what you are pitching for and all that kind of thing.
Margaret Hodge: Thank you, Natascha. Let me start by saying that we definitely seek a slot in the Chamber. We do that partly because that is where the Public Accounts Committee has always had its debates, but mainly because of the importance of the issues that we are considering.
To put this in context, we probably do about 50 PAC reports a year-I know, it's a lot. We range right across the whole of the Government's £750 billion of expenditure to see whether or not there has been value for money for the taxpayer. In the current climate, when so much emphasis is being put on more for less and trying to eke out best value, it becomes ever more important that all Members of Parliament, particularly Back Benchers, have the opportunity to comment on an issue where they think that proper value for money has not been obtained.
Richard has kindly come with me today, so there is real cross-party support in my Committee for our seeking to maintain the tradition of ensuring that we get a three-hour debate. So, 16 December would do us proud, if you could manage that-a three-hour debate on the Floor of the House on the issues that we raise.
The new Committee wants slightly to change the way in which we enable that debate to take place. I understand that, in the past, the motion that we put to the House listed certain PAC reports. This time, we want to have greater flexibility to enable Members to pick up any of the recent reports that we have published. My thanks to Richard for having drafted the motion, which would be, "The House takes note of the work of the National Audit Office and the Committee of Public Accounts in securing better value for money in public services by scrutinising the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which HM Government spends public money, with particular reference to", and then we would list all the Public Accounts Committee reports to which the Treasury has replied.
I haven't had time in the two minutes I have been sitting at the back, Natascha, to put these into proper order, but I can tell you that the reports go, for example, from one on pedestrians and cyclists through to infections in hospitals, change in the post office network, the single payment scheme and the Rural Payments Agency, highways maintenance, participation in the historic environment, Train to Gain, international development-a series of reports, one of which was on aid to Malawi-other health issues such as rheumatoid arthritis and young persons' sexual health, the UK banking system, the Legal Services Commission, the failure of Metronet, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, regenerating the English coalfields, improving dementia services, the decent homes programme and a lot of Ministry of Defence projects.
Chair: You would have all that in the motion?
Margaret Hodge: Yes, that could all be covered. I think there would be a lot of interest from Back Benchers. In those three hours, Members would be able to raise any issue around value for money on that massive range of reports that we have done since the previous debate, which must be a year ago now.
Mr Bacon: Some time before the election.
Q6 John Hemming: Have you got a motion?
Margaret Hodge: That would be the motion-I just read it out.
Q7 Mr Hollobone: I am not sure this Committee is so wedded to tradition. Just because things have been done in the past, I am not sure that we think they should necessarily carry on. For example, we had a very successful fisheries debate in Westminster Hall. All the MPs who wanted to talk about fisheries were able to do so. The debate ran for the full three hours and was a very effective use of parliamentary time, yet we have had all sorts of complaints about its not taking place on the Floor of the House and Parliament downgrading the importance of the issue-absolute rubbish.
Westminster Hall is a very effective Chamber for holding Ministers to account. One of the big differences between Westminster Hall and the main Chamber is that you can have a motion in the Chamber, but in Westminster Hall you cannot. I suggest your "takes note" motion is not perhaps the most effective use of the main Chamber. If you came to us with a motion saying, "We urge HM Government to do this, this and this"-it might be slightly against the grain of present Government thinking, but it might nudge the Government in a direction that they were not otherwise thinking about going-that would be more impressive to this Committee than, "These are all the wonderful reports we've written. Parliament takes note of that."
We all know that your Committee does excellent work, but it might be a better use of main Chamber time-if that is really what you are after-if you came to us with a motion urging the Government to do something that they might not otherwise do.
Margaret Hodge: We could do that. Richard might want to come in on this. The reason we considered a rather more open motion was that it allows us to encompass literally every report that we have done, and we thought that was an opportunity that Back Benchers might welcome. That is up for negotiation. Even in my few months on the Committee, and Richard's nine years, there have been three or four key things that are probably not very partisan, but are firmly directed at Government and the civil service. If they were to improve, you would not find the poor value for money that we always come across. We could talk about project management, the failure to collect sufficient data, the absurdity of the way that IT systems are brought into place, and the use of consultants across Government and the waste on those consultants. There are a lot of Government-wide issues that could give it that extra emphasis, if you like, but it might then not enable people to have the breadth of debate that all our reports enable them to do. It is a balance between those two objectives.
Q8 Mr Hollobone: We could talk about all these things very successfully in Westminster Hall.
Margaret Hodge: I think it is an issue of status and importance. I've done more debates in Westminster Hall than I can remember, and they're very engaging. The informality of Westminster Hall enables you to have a much more intimate debate across the Chamber and with Ministers. I accept that entirely. In this case, given the importance of value for money, particularly under this Government-perhaps more so under this Government than any Government before, because of the constraints on public expenditure-we as parliamentarians need to take the issue seriously by having the debate on the Floor of the House. In this Parliament, the work we're doing is probably more important than it has ever been before, and if you want to reflect that importance, it's where you have the debate that is hugely significant.
Mr Bacon: May I add one thing? I'm not that wedded to tradition, either. For nine years, I've been attending the Public Accounts Committee debates on issues that I think are of enormous importance, and I've seen, as the words "Public Accounts" appear on the annunciator, everyone apart from the members of the Committee running for the hills. Frankly, that is useless, but that is how it has been. One of the things that the Committee very much wants to do is change that so that other Members of Parliament who are not necessarily on the Committee, but have an interest in various issues, have a chance to participate.
There are a number of reasons why I think the debate should be on the Floor of the House. One has to do with ease of access and one is to highlight the importance of what's being discussed. What's being discussed is essentially the value for money of the Government's entire expenditure programme. It is as big as that. In terms of ease of access and the range of interests of different Back Benchers, whether you're talking about very specific and narrow issues of defence procurement to do with one helicopter programme or weapons system, hospital-acquired infections, steps to improve dementia treatment, the transport infrastructure and, within that specifically, measures to increase rail capacity, things to do with the welfare programme and how getting people back into work is working in practice with contractors, as opposed to in theory, or the report that the Committee will publish tomorrow on student loans and the Student Loans Company, which could hardly be more topical, those issues all come under that rubric. Therefore it's a tremendous opportunity for all Members of Parliament, whatever their interest, to step up to the plate and talk about issues that are of concern to them. I'm very interested in seeing the "traditional" debate that we've done being given a bit of a supercharge or a twist to make it more accessible and more interesting to a range of Back Benchers than hitherto it has seemed.
Q9 Jane Ellison: You've partly answered what my question was going to be. Because I'm a new Member, I was going to ask you what previous debates were like, who participated in them and how wide ranging they were. You've hinted that you think that they could be wider ranging and more engaging. May I push you on the model that you've just described? I've witnessed one end-of-term Adjournment debate, and because it was so wide ranging, it just got a very generalised ministerial mop-up at the end and nothing was explored in any great detail or got a very detailed response. Is there a slight danger with taking the scattergun approach, rather than narrowing the focus?
Mr Bacon: The focus was very specific in, to use Mr Hollobone's words, the traditional or old-style debate. The motion referred to those Committee of Public Accounts reports to which the Treasury had issued a minute in reply. That was very narrow and specific and it had the very significant disadvantage that very topical issues, like, for example, the report that we are issuing tomorrow on student loans, would be outside the terms of a debate in two weeks' time because, I can assure you, the Treasury wouldn't have issued a minute by then.
We've had situations in which the National Audit Office might have published an extremely germane report-making generic points about common causes of project failure that you would see in lots of different places-which would be technically outside the terms of the debate. I want to widen it, so that it would be possible to talk about these broader, generic issues of failure that we see occurring again and again-whether it's the failure to test properly, to make sure there's someone in charge, to make sure there are objectives, to make sure there's a proper budget or to make sure there's a senior responsible owner who stays on a project all the way through-while still keeping a reasonable amount of focus, and the focus is economy, effectiveness and efficiency. It's the value for money of Government expenditure.
Margaret Hodge: May I add to that? I've been surprised, in the six months I've been in the post of Chair, by the number of Back Benchers who come up to me and talk about a particular thing that's getting their goat-some bit of inefficiency here, there or elsewhere where they think there's been no value for money. This gives them an opportunity, which they haven't had before, to voice that in the Chamber. It's topical and interesting, and will have huge public interest outside the Chamber.
Q10 John Hemming: The Committee has had a tendency to distinguish between the Chamber and Westminster Hall, on the basis that a motion in the Chamber can have some effect, whereas your motion, if you don't mind my saying so, is much more like an Adjournment debate; it doesn't necessarily have a massive effect. We have already been asked for something that might not take that long, on that particular day in the Chamber. Would you accept not the full three hours but between two and two and a half hours in the Chamber, or would you prefer to wait for three hours on a later occasion?
Margaret Hodge: You're very limited. Perhaps it's not the end of the world if there's another half hour of debate, but three hours is already a half-day-a truncated time slot.
Q11 Chair: It's also something that may be out of our hands, because we have already scheduled a three-hour debate early on. If there's a statement and that sort of thing, that will bite into the time.
Margaret Hodge: I can certainly consider with the Committee this point of "should we say specifically", because there are real lessons across Government that you could pick up in many of the reports that we do. If we homed in on those, that might be a really helpful nudge to Government-in this nudging age.
Chair: I think we've got the idea. What you've asked for is three hours in the Chamber.
Mr Bacon: I have seen debates on a Thursday when there has been a statement beforehand, and there has been, in effect, a three-hour debate, and it's been fine. We can tweak the motion, but there is a whole series of conclusions and recommendations, usually eight or nine in each report, which are extremely narrow and specific and which can be the subject of debate-urging the Government to respond, and to respond quickly.
Q12 Chair: Thank you very much for that, and for coming along.
Caroline Lucas has sent a case for parliamentary reform, and we've discussed it at a preliminary meeting because it's quite different from any other application that we've had. Do you want to just take us through what it is that you're after?
Caroline Lucas: I should like to make a bid for a slot in the Chamber in the new year on the subject of parliamentary reform. I have circulated copies of a report that was sent by e-mail a couple of weeks ago to all MPs including, of course, party leaders, and to the Speaker. I'm due to discuss the report with the principal Clerk, Robert Rogers, later this week and the Speaker has also indicated that he'd be happy to meet to discuss some of the proposals enclosed.
I would like a debate on the issues raised in that report, and the reason for doing it now is that I think that six months into a new Parliament is a good time for Members to take stock, and particularly for new Members to give some feedback as to how they see the House operating. In a sense, it's a moment of reflection about what gets done and how perhaps we could do things better. We all have a huge work load, but I feel strongly that continuing to improve how we work, and how we are seen by the public to operate, must be a shared aim for us all. I am aware that this Committee is a major and important innovation, and I hope that we can have a debate so that we can build on the work that was done following the Wright Committee.
In terms of the actual proposals in my report, I am aware that some people will think, "Who's this new Member coming up with all these new ideas?" Some of them are very old ideas that I have merely resurrected and put back on the table, but it is an important time to look at some of those ideas again. Even if people don't agree with a single one of them, I get the sense that many people would welcome a debate; maybe they would put forward different proposals. Now is the time to have that kind of debate, and in my report you'll see proposals from electronic voting in the Chamber through to an overhaul of parliamentary language, to make it a bit more accessible.
Rather than picking just one of the proposals in my report, such as electronic voting, and requesting a debate on that, I'd be keen for a debate on a motion to call for the setting-up of something like a sessional special Select Committee, like the Wright Committee, to cover the question of modernisation. That would allow input from new Members of the current Parliament, alongside Members who were here for the Wright Committee. I want to make it clear that any proposal would be to supplement the work of the Procedure Committee, which is already making excellent inquiries on the issues of sitting hours-including private Members' Bills procedures-and ministerial statements. I am in the process of submitting evidence to both those inquiries.
My feeling is that with such a large new intake of MPs, we have an opportunity to make even more progress on improving the way that we work, as was done by the Modernisation Committee in 1998. The Procedure Committee still existed, but the formation of the Modernisation Committee gave it a push on a range of issues. Some 40 Members-many of them new-from all parties have indicated to me that they would be interested and would welcome a debate on these issues. It would be valuable for the House and the public to hear their views on how this place is run.
A debate on these matters has the potential to change people's minds and to at least move us towards establishing a committee to supplement the capacity of the Procedure Committee. Given the responses to my report from Members, both positive and negative, I feel confident that were the Backbench Business Committee to allocate three hours, those three hours would certainly be filled. A debate in the Chamber on the need for a new Modernisation Committee would be an effective way for Members to contribute on this issue, and for the public to see that we are not the inward-looking, old-fashioned people that they sometimes see us portrayed as in the wake of the expenses scandal, but that we are always looking for new ways to make the House more efficient.
In terms of the wording of the resolution, I propose to try to finalise some wording, after having spoken with Robert Rogers-the principal Clerk-and with the Speaker. In essence, the heart of the resolution would be to propose a process and a procedure and, perhaps, a new Modernisation Committee, through which we can examine these issues and hopefully come forward with proposals that would garner broad support across the House.
Chair: Thank you very much. John is on the Procedure Committee, so he will probably ask you some really technical questions.
Q13 John Hemming: I declare an interest, because I was on the Modernisation Committee, until it stopped meeting because the House at that point was modern. It was 18 months ago that it had its last meeting. There are two separate points here: one is the merit of having a generalised debate about parliamentary reform, which could happen in Westminster Hall, and the second is whether there is an argument to recreate a Modernisation Committee. Do you see any merit in having a Westminster Hall debate about parliamentary procedures? Or are you wedded to the need to recreate a Modernisation Committee and have a discussion on that?
Caroline Lucas: It is precisely because there are so many potential issues that need to be looked at, that we need another instrument or another procedure. If that is a Modernisation Committee, I would like something that could set that up.
Q14 John Hemming: I can tell you that the real difference between this and the previous Parliament is the existence of this Committee. In the previous Parliament, if the Procedure Committee came up with a procedural change, it had to get the Government's agreement to put it on the agenda. Now, if someone has a procedural change they want to implement, they can put it to the Procedure Committee, which is looking at all these things. The Procedure Committee can then come to this Committee and ask for time to make a change to Standing Orders. The fact that the Government no longer control the Standing Orders is the key thing. The Modernisation Committee was chaired by the then Leader of the House, as a way for the Government to drive changes to the procedures of the House. There is a big difference now. You are saying that you want a Modernisation Committee set up, because the Procedure Committee cannot change everything fast enough. Yes?
Caroline Lucas: It doesn't have the capacity to do that.
Q15 John Hemming: Yes, it can't change everything fast enough. It doesn't have the capacity to go through the number of changes, which would make for an interesting debate. There are two points. You are saying that you are not really interested in having a debate in Westminster Hall on ideas of parliamentary reform, where everyone can raise their views. You particularly want a motion to set up a Modernisation Committee.
Caroline Lucas: I suppose what I want is the beginning of a process that has a vision as to where it is going. My concern about the proposal for a general debate in Westminster Hall is that, as we have heard, you do not get a resolution to do anything very much. You air your views, but I am not sure how concrete-
Q16 John Hemming: But the views can then go through the Procedure Committee route, it is just that it may take a bit longer. That is all.
Caroline Lucas: I get the sense that there are a lot of new Members feeling quite a degree of frustration, and it would be a healthy opportunity to be able to express that more broadly, in a constructive way, rather than feeling-with all credit for everything that the Procedure Committee is doing-constrained by procedures that are inevitably fairly slow.
Q17 Mr Hollobone: If you had a motion on the Floor of the House, "that this House establish a Modernisation Committee chaired by a Back-Bench Member", that would be a very interesting debate. You could have all these points raised, and there would then be a vote. That, I would have thought, would be a very effective use of parliamentary time. I think that's what John is saying. If you get the right motion you could actually force a change that wouldn't otherwise happen.
Caroline Lucas: I'm sorry; it's probably because my head's befuddled with my cold, but I don't quite see. You are talking about having a debate in the Chamber?
Q18 Mr Hollobone: If you had a debate in the Chamber and you had an appropriate motion, requiring the House to do something, like establishing a modernisation Select Committee, chaired by a Back-Bench Member, and if the House passed that resolution-
Caroline Lucas: Yes, exactly. Box ticked.
Q19 John Hemming: That's what you're trying to do. I'm trying to clarify if that is particularly what you're trying to do, or whether it's just the opportunity to have a generalised debate.
Caroline Lucas: No, it is the former. Thank you for the clarification.
Q20 Ian Mearns: I have the benefit of sometimes sitting just in front of Caroline in the main Chamber, with all the chitchat that goes on when things are happening in the House. I am just wondering, Caroline: how have you determined the level of support for such a range of measures? I know that there's general chitchat, particularly among newer Members, about the time Divisions take, for instance-"Isn't this impinging on the role of the House in terms of lengthening the debate and allowing opportunity for Members to speak?" There are all those things, but what have you actually come up with that is tangible for us to gauge in terms of cross-party, particularly Back-Bench, support for the idea?
Caroline Lucas: When I sent the report out to all Members about 10 days ago, in the covering e-mail I asked people if they would be willing to get back to me to say whether they broadly supported the idea of a debate-not that they agreed with all my proposals, but that they thought this was worth debating further. I've had about 30 responses, some of which are quite considered-not just one-sentence responses, but putting forward their own thoughts and ideas. I would say I've had probably 30 in writing, and around 10 people, just as I have seen them around the corridors, saying that they think it is time for a debate of this kind. It is certainly cross-party and primarily Back-Bench.
Q21 Chair: I think certainly we've discussed in the past in this Committee having debates that are a little bit more themed; and one of the things that I think we're quite interested in is actually giving an opportunity to new Members-because it was a very large intake as well, and quite a varied intake-to have a debate that is led specifically by Members who were elected this year. So from that point of view it would be quite interesting to have people who have a more normal perspective on how things work, and a more recent experience of life outside here, looking at how this place is working or not working, and making proposals. I think it is really interesting.
You are asking for a debate in the new year anyway, and providing us with a report is really helpful, so if you're okay with it we can discuss it in our private session, and get you to come back again, either next week or early in the new year, after you've had your discussions. That would, I think, be really helpful. Then we can start looking more specifically at motions, or whether to start with a debate in Westminster Hall. I think most of us are broadly very supportive of having a debate that's specifically about parliamentary procedure. It's something that definitely needs looking at.
Caroline Lucas: Lovely. It will probably be the new year, because I'd like to have a chance to speak with Mr Speaker, too, but perhaps, as you say, I could come back early in the new year with the particular wording for a motion.
Chair: That would be brilliant. Thank you.
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A photo caption in this very newspaper a week ago was a masterwork of understatement.
Pictured was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, holding a lobster, standing alongside Jack Ma, also holding a lobster. The caption identified Mr. Ma as the head of Alibaba Group, "which sells lobster."
That's one way of describing the monster online retailer that posted 2016 revenues of $15.7 billion (U.S.) and which is on track this year to smash that figure. (First quarter revenues for 2017 surpassed $4.8 billion.)
The real significance of the photo op was not noted: Canada has now joined the growing club of countries establishing "pavilions" on Alibaba's Tmall Global platform, joining the likes of New Zealand and its product offerings (black strap molasses) and Italy, which this week hosted a wine and spirits festival through the Italian pavilion. The Hangzhou, China-based Mr. Ma aims to become "The 5th Avenue of e-commerce." And so e-shoppers in China are now invited to shop an online Canadian product platform, designed against a picture pastiche of the Peace Tower, autumn leaves and the Rockies. For their shopping pleasure: Lululemon yoga mats, pure maple syrup, Inniskillin ice wine and those picture-perfect live lobsters banded with their Clearwater labels. And more.
For the country's agri-food industry, Alibaba and online retailers like it present enormous opportunity. "The platform is a way to bring a focus to Canadian products," says Ted Bilyea, chair of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. A year ago, CAPI sponsored a forum on the future. Speakers included Michael Evans, president of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. An interesting factoid: Evans, ex of Goldman Sachs and currently a member of the board at Barrick Gold Corp., is Canadian. His central message was this: Chinese consumers seek food, fresh and processed, that they can trust. Alibaba "has the means to connect consumers with highly-trusted food suppliers from abroad," says CAPI CEO David McInnes via email, recalling Evans' comments on that day. "Its go-to-market strategy definitely included Canada as a place to help meet that need."
Ultimately, Evans underscored the fact that Canada simply wasn't participating at the optimum level that it should be.
Which is weird. Trust is, unsurprisingly, part of Canada's branding, as the country's Tmall platform suggests. But, cautions Bilyea, "We need to earn that designation."
Very Canadian — we're not ones to toot our own horn too loudly.
But we are eager, at last, to tap a country that may become the largest cross-border business-to-consumer e-market before the decade is out.
What are the barriers?
There are a few. "I would be cautious to not get out of balance with the fact that the majority of Chinese still buy their food in the retail format," says Bilyea. Retail that is still bricks and mortar, that is. Then there's the question of e-delivery. "Food has to be treated somewhat differently in terms of distribution than, say, a widget. These platforms were largely built for distributing material and products that have no shelf life issues, so it is quite a challenge with a country that has a long way to go with its system of warehousing and refrigeration."
Then there's the processed food industry, which Canada, and Ontario in particular, desperately needs to grow. Consider this dispiriting just-released assessment from the Guelph, Ont.-based Agri-Food Economic Systems. "Canada's food processing industry finds itself in a precarious position," says the report. "While net trade in animals and animal products, grains, oilseeds, pulses, fruit, vegetables and other crops, and fats and oils show positive trade balances, the trade balance in manufactured food products has declined steadily since about 2004."
"We have a large food processing industry in Canada," says Bilyea. "If you can supply a large restaurant company in Canada why can't you do it in China?"
Part of the answer lies in scale. Part of the answer lies in regulatory hurdles. Part of the answer lies in time and patience.
Part of the solution in Bilyea's view lies in government co-ordination to assist Canadian companies, especially those that don't operate on a global scale. "It's hard for them to have staff on hand to be up to date on every rule change that China is going to make," he says.
China is one of the world's largest food importers. Canada has a wealth of small and medium sized businesses eager to meet demand. That's what Prime Minister Trudeau was touting at the time of that photo op. The challenge will be in making that dream come true not just for seafood exports and niche products, but for the Canadian food industry as a whole.

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Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers supports many good causes in and around Hampton Roads. On November 23, the law firm was one of the sponsors of the Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis at Old Dominion University.
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Hajra Mansoor passed from Govt. College of Art and Craft Lakhnow in 1964. Along with Rabia Zuberi she organized Karachi School of Art in Karachi and researched in creative synthesis of painting and entered in the evolution of periodical phases in life time work. Her evolutionary periodic are Academic Realism, Classism, Oriental Intuitionism, Oriental formalism and Neo Romantism. She exhibited her solo shows every year from 1963 to 2008 in Pakistan and abroad including Bangladesh, India, China, Japan, Turkey, Iran, France, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Tokyo and America.
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Veterans Day at the museum
The Boston Children's Museum, 308 Congress St., will offer free admission for veterans and active duty service members and half price admission for up to three additional family members on Sunday and Monday, Nov. 11 and 12.
Brazilian-born multi-instrumentalist Ricardo Frota will present a live interactive performance, "The Ecology of Sound," with indigenous sounds from the Amazon Rain Forest at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Visit www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org or call 617-426-6500 for more information.
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The September Boston Black-Owned Business pop-up market will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10 in the heart of the Seaport area at District Hall, 75 Northern Ave.
The community is encouraged to shop and support local black owned businesses while enjoying raffles, music and community building.
Further information can be found at www.eventbrite.com/e/bostons-black-owned-business.
API Arts Network will host a workshop with Sara Porkalob, "Storytelling and Activism: What's Your Truth?" from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center's Pao Arts Center, One Greenway Building, 99 Albany St.
Storytelling is one of the most rigorous tools people have to fight oppression and social injustice. This workshop will provides accessible creative strategies to individuals interested in pairing activism with their specific practice via storytelling. In partner and individual exercises, they will engage in a series of written and performative fast-paced content generative prompts.
Participants will need: something to write with, something to write on (ideally not an electronic device), a water bottle and comfortable clothing.
A suggested donation of $20 will include dinner and the workshop.
Visit www.bcnc.net or call 617-635-5129 to register and for more details.
Future of transportation
The Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., will host a panel discussion "The Future of Transportation: Global Foresight for Boston's Commuter Rail System" from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
Transportation is the backbone of statewide and local economies, but despite its importance, the Commonwealth's transportation system does not work well. This event will look specifically at one potential new model for the future of the region: Urban Rail, and a number of issues around the provision of more extensive urban rail service from the suburbs of eastern and central New England to downtown Boston will be examined.
The focus of the evening will be to examine the lessons learned from comparable models of service to be emulated from around the globe, focusing on two potential peer urban environments in London and Toronto.
This free program will include a panel discussion, Q&A and a reception.
Further information is available at www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org or by calling 617-482-6439.
Wonder Ball
The fifth annual Wonder Ball, Boston Children's Museum's signature celebration, will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at the museum, 308 Congress St.
Attendees can indulge in a raw bar, a seated dinner, champagne and cocktails; bid on amazing silent auction packages; play the Unlock the Wonder game; enjoy desserts in the BCM Lounge and dance the night away. Dress is creative black tie. Bill and Giuliana Rancic will be the special guests.
Proceeds will help the museum provide access for all families to the wonders of art and help guarantee that every child can nurture their creativity and passion.
Visit www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/support/wonder-ball or call 617-986-3664 to purchase tickets and for more information.
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The 15th annual Boston Bhangra competition will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Orpheum Theatre, 1 Hamilton Place.
A dozen of the premier bhangra teams from the U.S. and the United Kingdom will compete for the title of best bhangra dance team. Bhangra is a celebratory folk dance originating from the state of Punjab, India and Pakistan, that is one of the most upcoming foreign dance forms and very energetic and fun to watch.
Vocalist G. Sidhu will also entertain. His music is a representation of folk Punjabi music with an urban blend that has connected him with audiences internationally. He also has a rich background in Bhangra dancing.
An after-party will be held at 10:30 p.m. at the Hilton Back Bay, 40 Dalton St. Attendees must be aged 18 or older to attend the after-party. Admission is $25.
Visit www.bostonbhangra.com for more details.
Ceramic works on display
The Societies of Arts and Crafts, 100 Pier 4 Blvd., is welcoming two new exhibits, "Adorning Boston and Beyond: Contemporary Studio Jewelry Then and Now" and "Our Cups Runneth Over," the sixth biennial Ceramic Cup exhibition and sale. Both exhibitions will be on view through Feb. 17.
"Adorning Boston and Beyond" features the contemporary artistic heirs of seminal artists working in and around Boston from the mid 20th century. Artists such as Alexander Calder and Margaret De Patta established the Northeast as a hub of innovation and creativity in studio jewelry.
Contemporary artists who have lived, worked and been educated primarily in Boston continue this thread of innovation in contemporary studio jewelry that focuses on one-of-a-kind handmade pieces that emphasize creative and expression and design, making the genre ideal for experimentation in form, material and concept. Over 30 artists, working throughout mediums will be on view.
"Our Cups Runneth Over" explores the notion of a cup as more than a vessel. The sixth iteration of this biennial Society exhibition, with guest curator Mary Barringer, gives audiences the opportunity to expand upon their understandings of these objects that serve a function in their daily lives.
Through vignettes and curatorial storytelling, viewers will examine how they define a cup and evaluate its quotidian role. Cups as well as representative portfolio pieces from upwards of 25 artists will be showcased and sold during this special exhibition which has come to be a destination for collectors.
Admission is free.
Visit www.societyofcrafts.org or call 617-266-1810 for more information.
Carousel is open
The Rose F. Kennedy Conservancy's Greenway carousel is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays through December.
This one-of-a-kind carousel features animals native to Boston such as lobster, cod, fox, squirrel, grasshopper, peregrine falcon, turtle, oarfish, whale, rabbit, harbor seal and more. It was designed to be accessible to individuals with physical, cognitive and sensory disabilities.
Rides are $3 each or $25 for a book of 10. Visit www.rosekennedygreenway.org for more information.
Made in Fort Point
The Made in Fort Point store at 315 A St. is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays and from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
The store sells and exhibits art, craft and design of more than 75 Fort Point Arts Community members and hosts special events and community meetings. Visitors can find paintings, jewelry, prints, photography, ceramics, furniture, lighting, artists' books, wearables, greeting cards and more, all made by local artists.
Call 617-423-1100 or visit www.fortpointarts.org for more information.


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