There are a lot of vegetable producers in my riding, and a number of them drew my attention to the fact that they had to comply with fairly demanding standards on pesticide use. They don't dispute the fact that this produces vegetables that are better for human health, but they oppose the fact that tomatoes are being imported from Mexico, where pesticide use is not governed by the same standards.
Why is it that the same standards are not set for those vegetables, which often cost less than Canadian products and for which products that are considered harmful to human health in Canada were used?