Agriculture committee  From my point of view, something that Frank said early on about not science-informed policy but policy-informed science: I think that's what happened in Europe.

Agriculture committee  I don't want to take too much time because I think you also need to hear from the NFACC folks. From my organization's point of view, our outreach is to our customers, whether it be to Egg Farmers of Canada on the egg side, or on the chicken and turkey side, we talk to the custo

Agriculture committee  I mentioned that along with Tim's group and the other poultry groups we are part of the Canadian Poultry Research Council. The council did write a letter to the minister outlining some of our concerns. The easy answer is yes, we have some concerns. Like Tim, we are in the midst o

Agriculture committee  Let's talk about the meat side of the poultry business for a minute. If you move down the supply chain to where my folks, the graders or the processors, pick up, not only is it economically advantageous for the farmer to make sure the birds are healthy and well-treated, but als

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Good morning. My name is Robin Horel and I'm the president and CEO of the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council. Thank you for the invitation to provide to the committee and other interested parties CPEPC's perspectives on industry and g

Agriculture committee  The only comment I'd make to that is if at the end of the day the decision is that “Product of Canada” should be replaced because it's not clear or whatever, all right, that's fine. Certainly some of my members feel that way, and some of them believe it should be left alone. If i

Agriculture committee  Whenever my speaking notes get passed around, or if you see them, you'll see the only thing I've bolded in my notes was the whole importance of standards and maintaining compliance. That's number one. Number two, I think the answer to your question is the second option. There i

Agriculture committee  Absolutely.

Agriculture committee  Thank you. I know there wasn't a question there, but I very much enjoyed the remarks. Just to piggyback on that a little bit, the various provincial made-in-wherever programs, the regional one your neighbour talked about, have all been good, but many of my members trade acros

Agriculture committee  On the poultry side, I would say we're equal to or ahead. We're not behind. But I wouldn't say we're miles ahead. The traceability in the poultry business in the United States is quite reasonable.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Easter, I heard three comments or questions in there. The first one was truth in labelling. That's absolutely correct, and I think there are two sides to that, as I tried to say. One side is about being misleading—we have to be careful that we don't mislead, that we don't c

Agriculture committee  No, nothing over and above what Mr. de Valk has said.

Agriculture committee  The wording came from Gilles, not from Christine. I think the wording “Prepared in Canada” is understandable and reasonable. And at the end of the day, if that is going to be substituted for what today is “Product of Canada”, maybe that makes sense. Then have another label that s

Agriculture committee  I do agree that the consumers should be able to understand, if it is important to them, where the product was grown. I don't agree—at least in my industry, which is the only expert testimony I can give—that this should carry any sort of connotation about superior quality or safet

Agriculture committee  Thank you. I have a couple of comments. I think my group would be willing to consider “Prepared in Canada”. I think that has some validity, but not “Packaged in Canada”. First of all, we don't want that many labels. I think that's going to be more confusing. The idea that I t