I'd like to take this opportunity to ask or why there is no longer a hog industry in my neck of the woods. I represent the riding of Steveston—East Richmond, and I was told that historically, up until the Korean War, the largest hog industry in western Canada was not only in B.C., but off Sea Island. Is there a possibility of re-creating a hog industry there?
I'll preface that by saying something else. My big concern about what's going on now is that hog production has a good brand. I have quite a large group of Canadians particularly of Chinese background and Japanese background, and they want to have Canadian pork.
Is there a possibility of re-creating a hog industry in B.C.; and what can be done to make sure that the Canadian brand does not get damaged by what's going on right now?