Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for being with us today.
Mr. Charlebois, my main concerns are having reciprocal standards and maintaining our local food resilience. We've talked about this before.
During the committee's last meetings, we heard from our fruit and vegetable producers. They came to explain to us that despite all their efforts, their hands are tied in certain situations. Let's take as an example carrots from Mexico coming into the country. We do not know what these vegetables have been sprayed with, and they are banned in the United States.
How do we support our producers in such situations?
How can we protect our producers and ensure that the rules and inspections they have to comply with are the same as those imposed on producers who export their products to Canada, without increasing the cost of food?