Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Perron. Do you have a quick response? I'm sorry; I wasn't sure if there was really a question there.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Perron. Colleagues, we have a vote in about 14 minutes. I'm just looking for unanimous consent that we'll vote by app. I'll give you guys a warning in a couple of minutes. We'll get your six minutes in with no problem, Alistair. Do we have consent to carry on, and then we'll vote by app?

Agriculture committee  You said they were being enforced differently by the CFIA depending on what the end use is.

Agriculture committee  Thank you. If you're able to do that, that data would be helpful. You led to my next question. I have Spruce Meadows in my riding. I have the Calgary Polo Club in my riding. What would be the impact, again, if this is not amended for international competitions? We have horses from around the world coming to ridings across Canada to show and compete.

Agriculture committee  Thanks for that. I have a limited amount of time and I have a couple of other questions to ask. If you can, answer this quickly. We've had some discrepancy between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the proponent of this bill and, I'm certain, the comments from Animal Justice.

Agriculture committee  Thanks. I appreciate that. Ms. Mitchell, thanks for coming. You're very adamant that the standards are different, but the CFIA was here saying the standards are exactly the same. Do you have proof that the CFIA is judging one animal differently from the next when they are inspecting the loads before they leave?

Agriculture committee  However, you said they were judging those things differently. The rules are the same, and you were agreeing with that.

Agriculture committee  You're saying you'd be surprised, but you don't have.... The CFIA is the science-based department and the officials are saying the standards are the same. Just quickly, would Bill C-355 ban the slaughter of horses in Canada?

Agriculture committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair. Thanks to our witnesses for being here. I'll turn to Equestrian Canada first. You were talking about the concern regarding the unintended consequences of Bill C-355. You were talking about the potential consequences. What would be the financial implications if this bill were to pass unamended?

Agriculture committee  With that in mind, in your opinion, Dr. Ireland, is this legislation based on any scientific evidence that there's any undue harm or risk to these horses? Is this bill based on any scientific evidence that you know of at CFIA?

Agriculture committee  We've certainly heard through evidence and from the proponent of this legislation that, basically, the Health of Animals Act and CFIA are not protecting horses that are being transported by air. Would you say that statement is correct?

Agriculture committee  Thanks, Dr. Ireland. I have just two more quick questions, as I'm running out of time. Since the regulations were updated in 2019, have there been any fatalities of horses being transported by air? Do you have statistics on the number of injuries in horses transported by air?

Agriculture committee  Just for context, in that same amount of time, there have been 250 fatalities of pets on airlines, so that's quite a difference in numbers. To CBSA, this legislation is going to put an extreme new onus on CBSA. Right now, does CBSA have the resources to take on what is being asked of it as part of this legislation?

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. It's good to have officials here to shed some light on this legislation. Certainly, I hope we aren't governing by the number of petitions. Well, maybe we should start. There's a petition in the House with 350,000 signatures asking for an election.

Agriculture committee  Minister, you're talking about competition, but implementing the front-of-pack labelling increases costs on manufacturers by $8 billion. Those costs will be passed on to consumers. Does banning P2 plastics in the fruit and vegetable industry lower grocery prices, yes or no?