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Agriculture committee  Is this in the CFIA section?

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  Sorry, then....

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  I'll answer that. We introduced a program under the APF, the Brand Canada program, which was based on not just logos and things but on selling our fundamental comparable advantage based on our food safety systems, our environmental performance, our quality systems, etc. Clearly

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  I understand that American food aid is 100% tied. I think there are proposals in Washington to take it to 25% untied, but at the moment, it's either 100% or 90% untied, I'm not quite sure which.

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  Mr. Easter, with respect to the second question, I don't have that information. So perhaps if you'd allow me, we would provide a written response to that. With respect to the third question on tying of food aid, I think the government has announced, as you have referred to, the

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  Over the years, a number of studies done on marketing choice have come to different conclusions. One would have to look at the studies and understand their terms of reference.

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  I'm not aware of a specific study. We do a lot of analysis—it's part of our job--but I'm not aware of a study like the one you seem to be referring to.

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  Yes. On the biofuels question, the principal program is the ecoEnergy program run out of Natural Resources Canada. The program does not and cannot distinguish between inputs in the sense that you were referring to. It would have to be neutral in regard to our trade obligations.

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  Perhaps I can begin with that. When we introduced the agricultural policy framework, we introduced comprehensive environmental programming related to environmental farm planning and the introduction of beneficial management practices. What we saw, particularly in the latter years

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  The government's renewable fuel strategy has essentially four prongs. One is the establishment of mandates for minimum levels of ethanol and biodiesel in multi-fuels. The second is the establishment of support for the growth of the biofuel industry in Canada to meet that. The thi

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  That's true. While for most commodities the stocks-to-use ratio is at record lows, corn is one exception. I think the figures that came out this week showed there was a fairly high carryover in the corn sector.

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  Perhaps I can begin to respond, and my colleagues may wish to supplement my response. I can't really comment on the specific cases you raise, but it's clear a whole range of factors are in play that are really challenging the sector and its ability to succeed. The committee is v

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  It's not really my position to add, but I think the minister was quite clear--

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  Thank you. The issue of flexibility that you raise and the ability to respond to particular regional circumstances came out quite clearly, particularly in the consultations, not only on the business risk management side but also on the non-business risk management side. The issue

May 15th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland

Agriculture committee  I just want, if I may, to supplement that answer. The business risk management programs are in fact demand-driven, whereas other programs that are cost-shared with the provinces, for example for those under the Growing Forward, the Cultivons l’avenir, there is a formula that app

March 4th, 2008Committee meeting

Andrew Marsland