We saw a lot of our small abattoirs close in the early 2000s because of the requirement by the province that everyone had to be CFIA qualified so that they could send their products both interprovincially and federally. We really saw these small markets dry up.
I'm concerned, being a local member of Parliament for B.C., that these small abattoirs might suddenly, under this rule, actually start to face competition from other provinces that may or may not have the same rules.
Is that possible?