Agriculture committee  We have a centre at the University of Guelph that was established a number of years ago, the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare. We have one of the largest programs in North America; it is a combination of people and companion animals—laboratory animals, zoo animals,

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  I'm actually not the best person to answer this question because I don't work in the area of food safety, human health, public health, and that area. It would probably be best to.... If you ask me about the animals themselves, I could probably tell you what they want to do, but

Agriculture committee  Absolutely. There are actually a couple of different areas that we would develop research questions from. Some of it is that the commodity groups generally all develop research priorities and a set of research priorities. Scientists do try to address those to make the research re

Agriculture committee  Yes, I can tell you that a couple of the researchers we're losing, at least from Agriculture Canada, are considered tops in their field. They're very well published, very well internationally recognized, and have contributed a significant amount to the development of the codes of

Agriculture committee  Do you mean in Canada as opposed to the rest of the world?

Agriculture committee  I think it depends on what timeframe we're talking about. Methods of practice in Canada are not that different from those in other places in the world. I think this fact reflects learning as we go. I can't exactly assign a grade to it. It would depend on the exact situation. The

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Tina Widowski and I'm a professor of animal behaviour and welfare at the University of Guelph. I know that this week you've heard quite a bit about science-based codes and science-based standards, so today I'd like to give you a little bit abou