Agriculture committee  If we ourselves [Technical difficulties - Editor] the Agricultural Policy Framework, that would have been extremely simple: our organization would have suggested that the federal government send the money to Quebec for us to manage it. That may seem simplistic, but it simply woul

Agriculture committee  The levels of government must talk to each other and find efficient solutions in the field. I don't want to engage in politics. I'm sending a message to all parties, to all levels. There's no reeve here. If there was one, I'd say that to him as well.

Agriculture committee  It's a matter of appreciation. I believe we have a fair bit of political influence in agriculture. I don't want to be pretentious. This concept of food sovereignty, which we were talking about earlier, is one in which each of the products or each of the regions of the world shoul

Agriculture committee  The program's core principles are valid. They're based on the overall income of the business. Improvements have already been made to the program, including the 15% invested in the farm. That was announced last winter or spring. However, improvements remain to be made. The program

Agriculture committee  I've won the lottery. Since we have the time, I'm going to start by asking a question about a passage you quoted, Mr. Easter. You said that the rules of international trade are imposed. Who imposes them? I thought that our states had to define the rules of international trade a

Agriculture committee  When we talk about globalization of trade, we hear a lot of words. We talk about the organization of the global market in particular. There is no global market organization, but rather a global market disorganization. Explain to me how you take chicken from the United States, sel

Agriculture committee  I would tell you that, if I absolutely have to give a single answer, I would choose the most urgent measure. Quebec has an excellent income stabilization program, FISI, which we talked about earlier. It must be clearly understood that this is an income stabilization program. So i

Agriculture committee  This program alone will not be enough.

Agriculture committee  I don't like giving a single answer, but if you're requiring me to do it—

Agriculture committee  My name is Maurice Vigneault, and I'm a maple syrup producer and forester and President of the Fédération de l'UPA de Lotbinière-Mégantic. That region is located a little to the west of where we are right now. I see that there is a lasting and worsening income crisis in Canada,