Agriculture committee  No.

Agriculture committee  Right now, no, not public utilities, but those are monopolies as well. As for natural gas, we have a great program.

Agriculture committee  Most of the numbers we have used in our studies were arrived at by third-party groups, like the Conference Board of Canada and the Montreal Economic Institute. These numbers are different from the ones I know many members here have received from the supply management groups that

Agriculture committee  I just want to clarify that Chris and I deal inside supply management, so we're talking kilos. There is a number that's decided at a national level for how many kilograms of chicken will be raised for every period. Every eight weeks, Chris and I attend a meeting to give our input

Agriculture committee  We think if we change the incentive so that producers are incented to grow what consumers want, as opposed to what an archaic formula that was decided a long time ago dictates, that would be one step. The other thing that would be important to do would be to make sure that grow

Agriculture committee  As far as pricing of cheese...? We're just asking for a level playing field. Both groups are major buyers of Canadian cheese, and we find it incredibly unfair that one competitive group gets a significant discount versus what restaurants get.

Agriculture committee  I work for the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association.

Agriculture committee  The reason—

Agriculture committee  Most definitely.

Agriculture committee  They most definitely do.

Agriculture committee  Thanks, Chris. Canada's supply management system faces a number of challenges, both internal and from external forces. Instead of trying to limit production, close borders, and fight over shrinking Canadian market shares, we believe it's time to boldly address the problems in t

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, and thanks for having us here today. Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association is Canada's largest hospitality association, with more than 30,000 members across the country. Our members represent the full spectrum of restaurants, from small independen

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As far as employing more Canadians, we think there need to be steps taken to reduce the disincentives to work in Canada. We have a number of examples across the country where folks are saying that they would prefer to continue to collect employment insurance because of the enrich

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's a difficult question to answer. Right now, as a matter of fact, one of my colleagues is testifying before the finance committee. One of our recommendations is to remove many of the disincentives to work, through EI reform and other types of reform. I do think that the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is correct. In many provinces their PNP programs currently do have similar programs where, after working a period of time as a temporary foreign worker, you can apply for permanent residency. Initially when we supported these types of policies, we were concerned that worke