Agriculture committee  Absolutely! Yes.

Agriculture committee  I think “Grown in Canada” is an excellent suggestion, because consumers still have confidence in the word “Canada”, but it's been undermined in recent years, so we need to find a way to get back that consumer confidence in Canada, because we have good standards.

Agriculture committee  I'd like to say that if it's a single ingredient, then it poses no challenge. But as with the example that was given with beef...I would love to sit with stakeholders from all the different beef producers to better understand what would be the challenge of determining a percentag

Agriculture committee  I am not necessarily an expert in this area. If the standards of the United States and Mexico are equivalent to those in Canada, given that the raw material came from Canada, I would not have a problem with “Product of Canada” being used. However, we have to make sure that the st

Agriculture committee  I think the Internet is one way, but I'm really adamant about point of sale, because it just helps consumers to choose by increasing their confidence at different points of sale. Consumers go to supermarkets, to local markets, to drug stores, and to discount stores to buy their f

Agriculture committee  Really quickly, I was saying, “Product of Canada”, but under it you need to state what it means. Was it that matières premières, the main ingredients, were grown in Canada? Was it processed? You need to add that, and then you have to make the more detailed information available,

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Point of sale is very good. For point of sale, I look at Quebec, where we're encouraging Quebec products. So now when you have a comptoir with a Quebec label, you have a little étiquette, which shows what is from Quebec. If it was processed, if it was grown.... That helps the con

Agriculture committee  I like to think about food sovereignty as a right to food. I think finding the équilibre between economics and social interests is always a big challenge, but we need to do that, because we're in a society that grows on economy. So not taking that into account is not realistic.

Agriculture committee  Because we're speaking about food products, obviously food has to be grown in Canada. I just threw out the number 70%, but it would have to be higher than 50%--for sure, 51%. I was talking about the “Canada Organic” logo, and 95% may not be realistic. I was shooting you a numbe

Agriculture committee  I think, as Monsieur Tanguay was saying, it's not just reading; it's comprehension of what you're reading. You don't need new labels. I mean, the label “Product of Canada” has already done some work. We just need to strengthen it so that it reflects what it means. So there's no

Agriculture committee  Actually, I would like to see a logo, a maple leaf, and “Product of Canada.” As I mentioned in my presentation, it would be enough to add at the bottom a little two- or three-word phrase that explains what this means and that can be changed. If 75% of the products have been prepa

Agriculture committee  I think we need to be reminded that for the Canadian consumer, the word “Canada” still has a lot of meaning to it in the matter of safety issues. Consumers look for that as a safe product. As my colleague said, it doesn't really matter if it's a grown product or made in Canada,

Agriculture committee  I think it's always a challenge when people want locally grown food but also to have a variety of food. For the consumer, when you're buying a product that's not grown in Canada but it's available in local markets.... From our point of view, local markets are also about accessibi

Agriculture committee  Merci. I want to apologize. I finished the translation last night, so if there are any typos in your document, I apologize for that. Offering local products, meaning “Product of Canada” or “Made in Canada”, to the Canadian consumer is for safety, but increasingly it is to encour