Thank you for the question Mr. Chair.
Bill C-59 received royal assent this summer. It did contain greenwashing provisions amending the Competition Act.
We know that Canadian agriculture is sustainable. We know that we sequester more carbon than our international competitors. We know that we use fertilizer, water and pesticides efficiently and that we're low carbon. What these amendments do—absent of clarification from government on the intended purpose—is prevent us from sharing our sustainability story, which is, unfortunately, also caught up in the possible development of a CBA. The absence of clarity on an international standard in a CBA could absolutely prevent this initiative from moving forward due to recent amendments to the Competition Act.