Agriculture committee  Yes, I've thought about it. There are some traps, but there is much more opportunity for development, however you define family farms. I expect I'd define them a little bit different from you, as an economist. With the right kind of deregulation, we have many opportunities out th

Agriculture committee  I'd like to spend some time talking about market power. The long and the short of it is that they have market power inside Canada, because they have a monopoly inside Canada, but outside of Canada they don't. The monopoly power outside of Canada is certainly challengeable and can

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. I guess I'll start with my mutual fund analogy. A mutual fund is a pool. It's out there. It can be accessed by any investor under the terms and conditions of that pool. So the voluntary pools do work. I want to reinforce that point. It's not directly

Agriculture committee  Definitely not.

Agriculture committee  It's in the report. The George Morris report went through several studies. It's the best review of the economic literature there is. That's why I've suggested it to the committee. It's true when they went back and did their benefits and costs at the end, they used the kind--

Agriculture committee  We spent three months of analysis on our report. There is no way that I can sit here right now and summarize how we pulled it together. I'd invite you to read our report, and ours, by the way, was peer reviewed. Carter and Loyns have always had their studies peered reviewed. We e

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My presentation is made at the invitation of the clerk of this committee, strictly in the context of my role as an agricultural economist, a farmer, and as a Canadian citizen who has long-standing interest and experience in agricultural and food policy. I'