Environment committee  I'd be happy to speak to that. We are encouraging the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to more publicly talk about the process and defend its science. Just to give some other context to that, Transport Canada goes out and speaks about how it regulates boating safety, how it re

Environment committee  It goes back to what I spoke about a little bit earlier, and that's eroding public confidence. The regulatory process is the same. What we're talking about here is the ban against urban pesticides. You will see there are various forms of them. In some provinces, you'll see this h

Environment committee  Yet those same products are being used agriculturally. In fact, it's worth noting that I believe--and Peter, correct me if I get this figure wrong--96% to 97% of our member companies' products are sold agriculturally, yet it's that 3% to 4% that's used in urban areas that is the

Environment committee  We actually avoid the use of the word “cosmetic”. We talk about urban use, because we think that preserving urban green spaces is very important. The word “cosmetic” is meant to imply that it's not necessary. We think in many cases it's necessary. It starts to become a little dif

Environment committee  I couldn't let that opportunity pass, Mr. Lunney, without telling you about the Clean Farms program that CropLife Canada launched and now runs. It's absolutely free of charge to farmers. Since the program was in operation, we've collected 87 million empty pesticide containers fro

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. CropLife Canada thanks you and the other committee members for inviting us here to testify today. CropLife Canada is the national trade association representing manufacturers, developers, and distributors of plant sciences innovation, including pest control

Finance committee  I'm not sure there's any magic wand that's going to make that happen. That's just a continuation of good tax policy. We've talked in our submission about regulation and the ability to make approvals faster. If you want Canada to be a centre for research excellence, there have to

Finance committee  In terms of regulation, Mr. Chair, I'd be happy to speak to the issue of food safety. Canada has one of the safest food supplies in the world. Never once has a food safety issue come up on biotechnology and genetically modified foods. So in terms of where we should place emphasi

Finance committee  I'm glad I have an opportunity to speak to this. We were at the market access meeting that was run by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada earlier this week, and we were impressed with both the leadership of Minister Ritz and the work being done in the department. But what it all spe

Finance committee  I would echo what Todd said on trade and just add the phrase “science-based regulation”. We've heard the minister and the government continue to promote that. Canada is now playing a leadership role internationally in promoting science-based regulation and solutions among major a

Agriculture committee  If we talk about the industry in general, canola is our favourite success story. The canola industry is now a $14-billion-a-year industry. It's a very uniquely Canadian success story. Let's be clear, without a foundation of science-based regulation and clear rules, the Canadian

Agriculture committee  The three largest clusters of innovation, and Peter can correct me if there are others, are obviously soybean, soy, and corn. Those would be the three where you've seen the largest amounts of innovation and tremendous increase in yields that are benefiting farmers and benefiting

Agriculture committee  Mr. Anderson, our five-year goal would be smoothing out red tape. Mr. Storseth alluded to that earlier. There would be a regulatory system that continues to encourage innovation through better timeliness of approvals, service standards, predictability, sharing of data and approva

Agriculture committee  Mr. Zimmer, someone had to lead on LLP, and we're quite pleased that Canada is doing so. There is a large coalition of the willing, if you will, among major agricultural exporters, who very much want this policy. But the question was, who was going to lead? My running joke is tha

Agriculture committee  I know. I was just going to say that there are two discussions here. There's the health and safety of the crops, and of course we're quite happy to have that discussion, as you know. Then there's the discussion about trying to create trade rules. Creating trade rules is a fairl