Richard Lehoux at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I thank our two guests for being with us this afternoon.

I see that we have two production and processing businesses. One is a supply-managed poultry operation and the other is a pork operation. They are facing the same issue, the concentration of processing. How can we find a viable solution for processing?

I understand that regulation plays a key role. For one thing, in Mrs. Lamb's case, it is different for smaller abattoirs that are subject to provincial regulations. Processing cannot be exported to other Canadian provinces.

Mrs. Lamb, could the Canadian Food Inspection Agency adapt some regulations to at least allow for interprovincial transfers within the country?