Public Safety committee  I'm sure our members have lines of credit and relationships with their financial institutions, but last time we were testifying in front of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, the people sitting beside us were the banking community. There is already a high degree of stress bet

Public Safety committee  Right, but the debt itself could be prohibitive in terms of operations.

Public Safety committee  It would go through the value chain through the grower. You'd obviously have to look at not only the acquisition costs and the growers' fertilizer cost at that point, but also if there were any closures of retail sites, the added cost of transportation to the growers, fuel costs,

Public Safety committee  It's a flow-through, but I think you'd see pretty substantial increases for produce at the supermarket. I'm sure 20% to 30% wouldn't be unrealistic.

Public Safety committee  You mean fraudulent?

Public Safety committee  Correct. We do have an “On Guard for Canada” program, which trains our members to alert themselves to applying appropriate paperwork and vigilance and due diligence. It's rather strenuous in terms of not letting go of the product without that proper due diligence. Of course, the

Public Safety committee  We don't want to give the impression that because these are industry-set regulations government is not involved at a federal level. The manufacturers in our organization work with levels of the department all the time. They're fully behind these regulations and are quite satisfie

Public Safety committee  From the environment standpoint.

Public Safety committee  Yes, absolutely.

Public Safety committee  We did.

Public Safety committee  We did.

Public Safety committee  That was the attempt of the ammonia code of practice, for industry to get out in front of the government to standardize and harmonize the various standards from across the provinces so that we don't get driven nuts trying to stay compliant. It's ambitious, but the problem is it's

Public Safety committee  And Mr. Cullen, when we sit around the table with our various members, we do get anecdotal reports of theft. The problem with crystal meth is that you can come into a facility and just bleed off the tank. There is no damage done and there's really no evidence you've even been the

Public Safety committee  Our country unfortunately pays the penalty of being targeted by terrorist groups. I don't know if Argentina, Brazil, India, and China bear that same problem, but to do nothing would be the greatest disadvantage for the little guy. You will guarantee that small independents will c

Public Safety committee  I think if we posted huge profits we shouldn't be eligible for subsidization.