Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for your presentations, gentlemen.
I want to address a question to both of you, John and Greg, in regard to your comments.
I'm really concerned about this “made in Canada” or “product of Canada” issue that was brought up, I think, by one of the other panellists earlier, just while I was having a drink of apple juice made from concentrate.
The example given at that time was that apple concentrate was being brought into Canada from China. It was mixed with 80% water and was then called a product of Canada. I'm looking at the bottle, and even though it says “Brampton, Ontario”, I'm wondering whether there is a Chinese ingredient in the product. This really disturbs me.
I agree that we have to protect our agriculture producers in this country—while protecting consumers from deceitful advertising—from, for lack of better words, having their grass cut by foreign offshore products coming in for a purpose that is not exactly transparent. This being said, I'm kind of getting the idea that there's a lot of this going on. Has any organization in the agriculture industry, such as the fruit growers or whoever, started a database to identify these products that are being put together in this manner?