Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
This morning, speaking on good practices in labelling, Mr. Laurent Pellerin said the following:
Given its lax approach to labelling, the federal government has a lot to learn. A product can bear the "Made in Canada" stamp if 51% of the production costs are Canadian or if the last stage of processing took place in Canada. In other words, "Made in Canada" or "Produced in Canada" is no guarantee that all the ingredients used in the product are Canadian! Another example, "Canada A", only provides information as to the quality of the product and how it was processed, it tells us nothing about its provenance.
What do you think the federal government should do?