Agriculture committee  That is why the new farmer assistance program, which contributes 5,000 egg-producing hens, was set up. We want to give people who are not from farming families the opportunity to produce for public consumption, which would be much more difficult without this support of 5,000 egg-

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  For now, things will remain the same. We founded this system in 2006. We are in our fourth year. There are five new farmers and we want to give them enough time to get established. As far as acquiring quota is concerned, a program favours the next generation, the newcomers, over

Agriculture committee  I can tell you that in my case, a new business was created out of a business transfer. The income from this new business allows me to buy shares in the former company. This entitles me to have control over the business in a way. Supply management allows us to plan our potential i

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for inviting me to speak here today. My name is Sylvain Lapierre and I am a table egg producer from Saint-Gervais in Bellechasse. I have also been an administrator with the Fédération des producteurs d'oeufs de consommation du Québec since 2007. I am also the