Dave Epp at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On June 3rd, 2021. See this statement in context.

June 3rd, 2021 / 4:10 p.m.

Conservative

Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to all of the witnesses.

Dr. Evans, I'll come back to that point in a bit. I want to start with the Chicken Farmers of Canada.

Canada received its negligible risk status for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE, from the OIE just recently, 20 years after an outbreak. Of course, we're quite familiar with the economic harm that occurred. I assume that a similar harm could occur with our swine industry with either African swine fever or PRRS.

I know that chicken isn't traded to the same extent, but can you comment on the impact of an outbreak of avian influenza on our trade relations, and even on our domestic industry?

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