Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, gentlemen.
I am a farmer myself and I have been involved in the Union des producteurs agricoles in Quebec. So I know Michel Dessureault well, whom you must know too, since you work in the cattle industry.
I found your presentations very interesting. You know where you are going and how you want to get there. I would like to hear what you have to say about the possibility of doing things differently in the future, so that our domestic agriculture can continue to develop.
We have talked about the American COOL program and about labelling products by their origin. In Quebec, we have traceability. Agri-Traçabilité Québec is a mandatory traceability system that keeps track of where animals come from, their dates of birth and their movements. While this puts a lot of restrictions on producers, consumers seem to like it. For the continued development of agriculture, how would you see possibly extending a traceability system to Canada, for beef and for pork? In Quebec, they are even thinking of extending it to plant products. What is your opinion on identifying our products, especially as it applies to the traceability of animals?