Agriculture committee  The theme today is producers' net income; that's what we're trying to improve. What we find unfair now are inputs, but there are also other factors. The goal is to improve producers' net income and to save Canada's agricultural industry. The competition information component mu

Agriculture committee  The strength of our dollar, which is now worth as much as the U.S. dollar, has consequences. The regulatory aspect has to be considered. The best example is the cattle industry's current situation. Our regulation on hazardous materials is much stricter than that of the United Sta

Agriculture committee  We've tried to file complaints, but we've never filed an official complaint. We've examined the Competition Act as it is currently worded. If that act is not given more teeth, it will be very hard to file a complaint and to win. The act must absolutely be enforced.

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  First, I think the Competition Bureau should be reinforced, that a thorough analysis should be conducted of the Competition Act and that it should be seen whether there is some way to give it more teeth, so that the Bureau can take measures to ensure there is adequate competition