Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary's response suggests that nothing is going to change.
Even government officials warned the Minister of National Revenue and the Minister of State for Agriculture that it would be very difficult to meet his criteria. I understand that the guidelines were an attempt to change labelling regulations and that people have the right to know where products come from, but we do not produce sugar cane. That is why the 98% standard is totally unrealistic. I really think that it is unreasonable to tell food processors that they can label their products as “Made in Canada” only if 98% of the ingredients are made in Canada. If I understand correctly, we are being told that there will be no effort to educate the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and that the policy will not be reconsidered. Maybe people should be told that this standard is unrealistic and that an 85% requirement is sufficient to tell people where ingredients in a product come from.