Agriculture committee  With your permission, I'm going to add a comment. Mr. Bellavance, I'm nearly 60 years old, and I have four children. Two of them have decided to take over the farm, but I've had problems since that time. People always say that farmers are well off, but that they have one weak po

Agriculture committee  In Quebec, we really like to talk about sovereignty. I'm going to take the risk of talking about dairy production, which I know less about, because I'm a pork producer. We've taken aim at global markets. In my opinion, dairy production, which is governed by a supply management sy

Agriculture committee  In general, producers are left to their own devices, in a way. Earlier we talked about the fact that there were a number of types of production. I have four, including asparagus and potatoes that are certified organic. The problem is marketing. The market is in Montreal and Toron

Agriculture committee  We could give you a lot of examples. You need only think of dairy production, of all the non-dairy products that can be imported. There's also the market garden production of cucumbers and pickles; call it what you will. Some Quebec producers are able to produce them, in a high-q

Agriculture committee  I'd simply like to mention something since we're talking a bit about trade and products imported to Quebec and Canada. I'm a pork producer. I'll give you an example. Quebec pork production covers 150% of our needs. Despite that fact, we still see supermarket meat counters with po

Agriculture committee  Forty years ago, the public took part in certain projects. For example, there was an extensive waterways digging campaign in Quebec to drain lands. The public funded the project because it was subsidized by the Government of Quebec. It was the public that did it, indirectly, but

Agriculture committee  To answer Mr. Crête's first question [Technical difficulties - Editor] and to explain that there are achievable programs. As for the investment tax credit, I don't have any luck: I'm on the other side of the fence and consequently am not entitled to it. The agricultural sector is

Agriculture committee  With your permission, I'm going to say a few words. I wouldn't want to take Ms. Méthot's place. With regard to emerging products, it's all well and good to produce them, but you still have to manage to extend the period where the consumer has access to them. That shouldn't be lim

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, committee members. I have two subjects to present to you: new productions and the environment. Let's start with new productions. New food habits are making it possible to develop, in some of our regions, new types of production that respond to these new