Mr. Arthur Smith at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On April 26th, 2007. See this statement in context.

April 26th, 2007 / 2:15 p.m.

Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association

I have one comment on that.

Wayne, you mentioned that the thought at the bureaucratic level in Ottawa was that you pass the price on to the consumer. We recently had a budget in this province, and they said the minimum wage is going from $8 to $10.25 in a three-year period. I don't know how anyone can live on $8. I don't know how anyone can live on $10.25. But I know that when we have a $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion industry and we add $100 million to our costs, our farmers are in deep, deep trouble.

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