Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
The government has come up with rules that do not allow food processors to use the term “no sugar added”. That would be fine, except for the fact that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency does not have the resources to monitor foreign products coming into this country, so we have the beautiful situation where foreign processors get to use the label “no sugar added” and Canadians cannot. This has already caused a 30% drop in the sale of Canadian canned fruit.
Why would the Liberal government set up a system that penalizes Canadians and helps their competitors? Does that not bother the minister?