Mr. Michel Dessureault at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On November 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.

November 3rd, 2009 / 4 p.m.

Chairman, Fédération des producteurs de bovins du Québec

Ideally, this would be retroactive to the date that the regulations came into effect. However, I think that we need to be reasonable. The regulations were implemented in July 2007. Damage to the industry began in July 2007.

Ideally, this would be the solution. In our discussions with people from the Department of Agriculture and the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, we have been talking about implementing this as of the date that the government's budget was tabled, April 1, 2009.

Is that right, Mr. Wildeman?

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