Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Was the question about how the foreign workers benefit the greenhouse?

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  We are actually bringing foreign workers into the Red Hat Co-op now, but the problem is we can't bring them in under farm status, so there are different rules and regulations. What we want to see as a cooperative is that Red Hat Co-op is recognized under farm status, the same as

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Yes. We would like them to recognize the Red Hat Co-op as a farm entity, because co-ops for farmers are farm entities. That's our concern. Make the cooperative recognized under farm status. That would alleviate a lot of our problems right now. I hope that answers your question.

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  We have roughly 105 acres of greenhouses here. There are at least two workers per acre. In some of the greenhouses, such as Albert's greenhouse, they actually have about three to four per acre, because they grow under lights. We have well over 200 workers in our greenhouse indust

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Yes, especially Costco. They're actually coming out with their own audit. Through the CanadaGAP program we are being compliant and meeting the recommendations. Every year the recommendations are pushed to a new level for food safety, and, of course, if we don't comply with the re

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Yes. Our industry relies heavily on the foreign labour program. Basically, without the foreign labour, we wouldn't have an industry. I'm not sure what you guys are looking for, but we would like support for the cooperative in this manner. If there's anything relevant you can he