Agriculture committee  I would hope not. We really encourage quick passage and taking it back to....

Agriculture committee  Our view on the biodiesel side of it is that as canola oil has been recognized as being a very healthy oil, our premium market is the food market, and we absolutely recognize that. Our hope is that the biodiesel industry and the biofuels policies that we're looking for in this bi

Agriculture committee  From the canola side of things, we'll go to the 5% renewable fuel standard for the diesel fuel pool. We're looking at between 2 million and 2.5 million metric tons.

Agriculture committee  We support the bill going forward as it is. As I stated in my presentation, we obviously would like to see it go further faster. There's been reference to a study being done in Alberta looking at usage of biodiesel in cold weather climates. Upon positive conclusion of that study,

Agriculture committee  I guess if you look at the history of agriculture in western Canada, we've always been encouraged to participate in value-added activities. Unfortunately, as grain farmers we have struggled for many years because of some of the pricing considerations we had. Participating in some

Agriculture committee  The target we've looked at, the 15 million metric tonnes by 2015, is looking at the entire production in Canada. Those are numbers that have been put forward by a strategy of the Canola Council of Canada, and that includes Ontario and all of Canada.

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Good morning. My name is Brian Chorney. I'm vice-president of the Canadian Canola Growers Association and I'm a farmer from East Selkirk, Manitoba. I am here today as a member of the Grain Growers of Canada. We support Bill C-33, and I would like to focus on the bi