Agriculture committee  For Quebec, when you look at UPOV and the changes between 1978 and 1991, I do not think it's a huge concern. I'm talking about some small farmers; I don't think they know too much about it, but for the average farmer in Quebec, I don't think it's a huge difference. The farmer's r

Agriculture committee  We don't have information, really, from our crop insurance; the Financière agricole takes care of our crop insurance. We do not have information because normally the farmer is obliged to use certified seed, so right away if you have a problem and you're not using certified seed,

Agriculture committee  In Quebec, crop insurance requires the use of certified seed. For that reason, companies invest because there is a certain return on their investment. There are some small companies in Quebec, but there are also research centres such as Ceresco, Semican et Céréla. The producer ha

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for inviting my federation here. I'll give my presentation in French, but I'll answer in whatever language you want, in either one of the two. Founded in 1975, the Fédération des producteurs de cultures commerciales du Québec is made up of 14 regional assoc