Finance committee  Yes, I definitely agree with that. Also, I want to mention that among things that are going well specifically for our business, we've been able to take advantage of some of the federal incentives for our employees for training, such as the career start youth program. Those have

Finance committee  There's no reliable source of Canadian apple juice concentrate. You may or may not be familiar with Muwin Estate Wines. It's from my home community of New Ross. They make Bulwark apple cider, which is a world award-winning cider. It's made by the Quebec and British method. It's r

Finance committee  We're not a cottage cidery where we can go out and do that kind of thing. We rely on the production from the actual producers, the orchardists that will squeeze the apples and produce the concentrate on our behalf.

Finance committee  Understood. Thank you.

Finance committee  From the sources that we looked into, the different brokers in the west, in B.C., as well as into the east, even in the Ontario Tender Fruit Producers Marketing Board, we've had confirmation, specifically from the Ontario board, that none exists. In B.C. we know there is a suppli

Finance committee  As a representative of small and medium-sized business, our company is a growing company, and we definitely do face the pressures of lower skilled individuals who earn a lower income. The pressures we face on the competitive side are to create enough profitability, an appropriat

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee. My recommendation today concerns federal excise rules that pertain to domestic production of apple ciders in Canada and their impact on employment, the cider beverage producers, and cider apple orchardists. In B.C., orchardist