Mr. Cyr Couturier at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On May 27th, 2020. See this statement in context.

May 27th, 2020 / 4:50 p.m.

Chair, Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council

I'll answer that question, because I sit on the Canadian Federation of Agriculture board, as well as CAHRC.

I don't think they're better off now with the support programs that are out there. Mushroom folks have already said that the AgriStability is not applicable. We know that BRM is not suitable for a lot of the crops that are produced in Canada.

From that perspective, in terms of labour supply and so on, you've already heard from some witnesses today that they're not better off. There is still lots of uncertainty. People are going bankrupt and there will be lots more over the next year or so.

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