International Trade committee  Thank you. There are numerous types of impact, including the impact on input suppliers. As Mr. Klompmaker said today, he buys $3.5 million worth of feed annually to feed his chickens. This is grain that he buys from corn or soya suppliers. You just have to think of all the feed

International Trade committee  Thank you. In answer to your question, I would say that the bill is clearly necessary. Compensation is not really what the producers would have chosen. What producers want, and Mr. Klompmaker is well placed to confirm this because he is a producer, is to continue to produce and

International Trade committee  Yes, absolutely. Each concession obviously has an impact on the Canadian economy, as well as making things uncertain and sapping investors' confidence. As Mr. Klompmaker said, he has invested in his business, he has bought equipment and heat exchangers to improve his environment

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  I repeat that it's up to importers to decide based on their preferences. However, since the Canadian market, like the North American market in general, has a preference for chicken wings, we can very likely expect that chicken wings produced in Ukraine will be shipped to Canada.

Agriculture committee  As regards market impact, I repeat that my concern is still related to food safety. Our concern remains the same regardless of type of product or volume. Even if the product is completely safe and can enter Canada, we have to know that chicken wing production truly represents a s

Agriculture committee  I repeat: we think the alarm should be sounded more for food safety issues than volume issues. I also can't say how long the government would take to conduct the necessary process to amend the conditions of the order.

Agriculture committee  I don't know how you came up with this estimate, because one thing that's clear with the remission order is that it implies unlimited volume. What the remission order does is completely remove any limit on imports coming from Ukraine. We know, as was mentioned earlier, that at l

Agriculture committee  Well, I cannot speak to the rationale and the reasons for the U.S. to decide to wait until after the war, but I suspect that, similar to some of the concerns we mentioned, what we see, what we witness, in what's occurring in Ukraine seems to be a very tough situation, as we've al

Agriculture committee  I think there are many angles to consider, but if we look at the electricity and the water supply you need to operate chicken farms and chicken-processing plants, for example, it must be a tough struggle for the industry in Ukraine to operate. Do they have access to all of the sa

Agriculture committee  Again, it's tough to speculate on the reaction from other countries, but Ukraine already has access to Canada under the WTO TRQ. The only reason why there were no imports so far is that CFIA had never permitted products from Ukraine. They have access to our WTO concessions that w

Agriculture committee  First, there are some cases of avian influenza in Canada currently. As Mr. Klompmaker mentioned, it is tough for farmers to deal with that. The concern very much is that it's kind of strange that there have been no cases reported since January from Ukraine. It points more to a c

Agriculture committee  We don't know who was consulted or whether anybody was consulted, but it came as a surprise to us.

Agriculture committee  It's a difficult question, because, first, we often talk about just chicken, but it depends on every cut. They sell some as whole birds but they sell some as wings, breasts or boneless breasts. There's more value in and more work done on a boneless breast, for example. Then they

Agriculture committee  There has been a long-established relationship. I don't know since when, but there's been a lot of trade between Ukraine and the EU in various products and in chicken as well, so this is not new. There was ongoing trade with the EU before the war and they decided to maintain it.