John Barlow at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

I certainly appreciate the witnesses here. I do want to stress that I think all of us on this committee want to do everything we can to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine. We understand the challenges Ukraine is facing. Certainly for many of us in western Canada, the immigrants from Ukraine 100 years ago helped establish the agriculture industry in our provinces. At the same time, our job here is to protect the integrity of our own food supply, which is part of the reason we are here.

I want to start my questions with one for Mr. Klompmaker or his team.

I want to be clear. In your testimony, you said you were never consulted by AAFC or the Department of Finance with respect to supply-managed chicken specifically being included in this remission order. Is that correct?