Agriculture committee  Thank you for the opportunity to present today on a trade agreement that is important to the success of Canada's agriculture community and industry. Agriculture is an essential part of the economic, political and social fabric of Canada and is critical to the well-being of all C

Agriculture committee  A bit of background on me: I'm not a dairy farmer and I'm not a dairy processor. I'm from Prince Edward Island, and my family is in horticultural crops. I'm sixth generation on our farm. With regard to whether we were consulted, we did have updates from trade negotiators from AA

Agriculture committee  We know that one of the big successes was for our sugar beet processors and our sugar beet growers. They really gained a lot of market access, which will mean a lot to Alberta, which grows most of our sugar beets. In regard to crops and seafood from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward

Agriculture committee  An example would be if we were exporting powdered milk to a country and the U.S. found that it couldn't compete with us in that country. It would decide to place a cap on us, and then it would go in and fill the market instead. We would lose that market. That's how I understand

Agriculture committee  Coming from the non-supply managed side of the industry, I can tell you that I look at the supply-managed side with envy because I see them being able to plan. I see them being able to invest in their resource to make really good decisions on how they're going to do the best thin

Agriculture committee  Yes, this morning.

International Trade committee  Thank you for this opportunity to present today on a trade agreement that is important to the success of Canada's agriculture community and industry. Agriculture is an essential part of the economic, political and social fabric of Canada and it is critical to the well-being of

International Trade committee  I think our friends at Dairy Farmers would be better to answer that question. Sorry.

International Trade committee  In terms of bankruptcy, agriculture is unique as an industry. It's important to take into account that we're talking about the entire fabric of rural Canada. We do more than just bring amazing GDP contributions from agriculture. We also—

International Trade committee  Canadian agriculture is so diverse and broad that I don't think you can give a blanket answer to that question. If you're a sugar beet farmer, you're probably pleased with this agreement. If you're a supply-managed farmer, you're probably not pleased with it. If you're the neighb

Finance committee  Mr. Chairman and committee members, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you and speak to the difficult realities that farmers and food supply chains across Canada are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These next days and weeks are essential if we are to ensure Canad

Finance committee  Thank you, Wayne. I'd like to build on what Martin has shared with us. The AgriInvest stimulus we've asked for would be 5%, based on allowable net sales from 2018. The reason for our suggestion is that it's a very simple mechanism that would give a quick injection of cash to pro

Finance committee  I apologize. I couldn't hear the question because I had the interpreter, as well as Mr. Julian, speaking at the same volume. Is there any way I could have the interpreter repeat the question for me?

Finance committee  Because of our seasons, the urgency is dire. The AgriInvest tool is an easy way to quickly get money out there, and then to have an announcement that AgriStability has been brought up to meet our requests would give producers the confidence that AgriStability will be there for th

Finance committee  Elizabeth, you've delved into an area where I'm going to ask Scott Ross if he can help me. I'm not that well versed on the Canada summer jobs program. I'm wondering if Scott might be able to help me out.