Industry committee  This is what I spoke to earlier. Not only do we need immediate help, but we also need help in the long-term aspect of what we're doing. Every single farm business is making that independent decision on what they do or don't do this year. For a lot of people it's cutting back, and

Industry committee  I can't answer that, because I'm not a veterinarian. I also can't answer in terms of a particular provincial law. I don't see farmers who would do that. Farmers are going to euthanize in a humane way. They will work with their veterinarians to make sure this done in a proper wa

Industry committee  I'll just add that on top of a revenue loss perhaps not being shown, what we are seeing is a doubling of expenses, so the net profit is way down. It's very problematic that we can't seem to get across that these incurred expenses are going up and up without that revenue stream co

Industry committee  That's something that's very concerning to everyone. We have a slowdown in all meat processing facilities, whether it's pork or poultry, and essentially farmers are going to try to keep these animals as long as possible. When it comes to poultry, market birds or market hogs, that

Industry committee  Absolutely. I'll maybe let Bob jump in here too, but animals are like family to producers, so certainly animal welfare is of grave concern. You talked about grain and oilseed producers. Right now they're planting, but they don't know what their market's going to be in the fall—

Industry committee  If our animal populations decrease, that hurts the market for the grains and oilseed sector as well. I don't know, Bob, if you want to jump in on the animal welfare side of things.

Industry committee  Our system stays in collaboration with our national commodities and we get reports back from them. You're right that in particularly the pork sector there is grave danger. I know that Manitoba, Quebec and P.E.I. in particular are looking at euthanasia. Ontario is very, very clo

Industry committee  Certainly there's a lot of uneasiness in our industry, as there is right across the country in all industries. The horticultural sector in particular really has to do individual business analysis on what they're going to do in terms of production. In a lot of cases, it's cut back

Industry committee  We're looking for action now. We've been calling for action almost since this started, and we haven't had much of a response. As you heard earlier, our current suite of business risk management programs aren't working for anybody. We've been asking for the last four and a half ye

Industry committee  Yes, we're hearing very similar comments from our colleagues about the increased amount. I don't know if it's because people are working remotely from home. I don't know if additional security is being asked for. If you look at the year 2019 in general, you see it was a very to

Industry committee  With respect to Ontario—that's what I can speak to more easily, compared to the rest of the provinces, because that's where I'm from—there's a little frustration with the province and the discussions with the federal government. They've been desperately trying to maintain that co

Industry committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and committee members, for this opportunity to speak to you tonight and to talk about the difficult realities that farmers and food supply chains across Canada are facing due to this pandemic. These next days and weeks are essential if we are to ensure that