Agriculture committee  One hundred percent.

Agriculture committee  Correct. The same with produce and grains that are sent elsewhere.

Agriculture committee  I was an inspector with CFIA, and prior to that with Agriculture for 25 years. I was a supervisor at the two largest ports in the country; that's Vancouver and Fraser Surrey. Prior to that, I went to Simon Fraser University, where I spent every summer working for the B.C. Ministr

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  What was happening was that when CVS, the compliance verification system, was first being introduced there was an original attempt by CFIA to evaluate the process and do some comparison of a daily presence versus what they were doing at the time for their domestic facilities, whi

Agriculture committee  Well, it's a little more than tricky; it's probably impossible. What I would say is that the percentages should be based on—I don't think CFIA would disagree with me on this—a sector-by-sector risk evaluation, a true risk evaluation, as well as on statistical models that would,

Agriculture committee  It's funny you mention that, because we followed up on that with Mr. Weston, and I believe you've probably already read in the press what one of his aides said. They were simply indicating that food inspection, as an activity, should be happening everywhere--not just at major cha

Agriculture committee  No, we haven't. That's probably an idea that we should.... We do have consultations with the departments we work with, and we certainly talk about where they're going in terms of proposed funding and proposed programs. That's an ongoing practice, but it's not with the minister.

Agriculture committee  What I would like to see is design of programs made with a realistic view of human resources available, and quite frankly, they're not. I've made the same presentation to industry leaders at one of the North American food safety summits when they were talking about HACCP design a

Agriculture committee  The percentages apply to all agricultural commodities, not just food, but they're pretty accurate with respect to the food sector. As to the funding and how that is related to consumerism, consumers are looking for more food produced and processed in Canada. The concern was that

Agriculture committee  Quite frankly, I would have to know what exactly was before the House during the vote and what it was coupled with.

Agriculture committee  Any increases to food safety in the budget I would fully support, of course. Again, it would depend on how they were couched. In terms of the doom and gloom, what I was asking is please be careful when you are considering the research budgeting coming up in the next budget. In t

Agriculture committee  Well, first of all, I'd admit we're all guessing at what it's going to look like when the--

Agriculture committee  My answer would not only be yes, but I've told them the same concerns. I've discussed it with senior officials in CFIA. I'm not saying they purposely misled you. The individual who spoke here simply might not be aware of how those programs work in the field. That frequently happe

Agriculture committee  We fully support doing what we can to promote small growers and small producers. We believe, like some of the previous speakers, that they're an important part of the sector and an important part of the economy. A statement by Mr. Mayers talked about deregulation as far as it wou