Agriculture committee  I agree. I think it's a great place to start, and I can picture the logo you've doodled.

Agriculture committee  I'm not 100% sure if I clearly understand your question. Again, I'm sorry. You and I are having a hard time. I think it needs to be indicated. You're using the example of beef. If it's grown or caught in another country, I think it should be clearly marked, because if the produc

Agriculture committee  The committee, Local Food For Local People--just to give you a little history--was formed because we had what we are referring to now as a meat scandal. We were having someone butcher our animals on our farm and then they were taken into the processing plant to be processed, and

Agriculture committee  I am very passionate about this topic. I am a farmer, and I not only can't sell meat from my farm, but I can't even feed my family, because it is illegal. If I slaughter a steer this afternoon, I have to kill it at home, I have to hang it at home, and I have to cut it at home. So

Agriculture committee  Again, I don't know if I can give you an exact number, but when it says “Product of Canada”, I would hope that the product is “of Canada”. The value needs to be placed on that particular product. If it's olives, and the olives were imported from Spain, but we canned them and proc

Agriculture committee  I totally agree. It needs to be simplified and clear. The message needs to be defined so that it's clear.

Agriculture committee  I agree with these comments. I just think exactly what the CIA has said there. The label needs to be clear and the 51% rule needs to be.... The value needs to be placed on that product--the food--and not the label. Just because it was packaged in Canada should not mean it's a pro

Agriculture committee  I agree. What I'm trying to say is we just need one. If it's the federal level of inspection that we need, that's the level we'll take. We just need one level of inspection and not have two that we have to jump through hoops to meet.

Agriculture committee  Thanks, Ken. That's exactly what we're going through right now. As you know, we're trying to build an abattoir here in Rainy River. We are planning to build the building to federal specs, but financially we're unable to get a federally inspected plant here at this point. In orde

Agriculture committee  Good morning, everyone. I apologize for reading from my notes. I have been out of town so I'm going to read from my notes. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. Most of the things I will speak about today were brought forward in the Next Generation of Agriculture and Agri-