Agriculture committee  With the dispute resolution corporation in Canada, there are mechanisms to resolve those types of issues in Canada and also with the U.S. As far as within the U.S. and any complaints that you would make, there are also those types of mechanisms within the PACA. Those resolutions

Agriculture committee  The figures I mentioned are published in the United States pursuant to the PACA. Clearly, there is information with figures available to the public. In Canada, the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation does of course have information on the number of complaints relat

Agriculture committee  On Wednesday, you will hear from another witness who represents the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation. He will be able to answer questions that are more technical and that require documentation to which we do not have access.

Agriculture committee  The situations in Canada and the United States are different. In the United States, the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act includes provisions to resolve problems. We do not have these mechanisms in Canada. That is why we are here today. We want to tell you about our situati

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chairman and committee members, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to speak within the context of your study of Canada's preferential status under the United States Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The Canadian Horticultural Council is no stranger to

Agriculture committee  I think one thing we would find is that, while there could likely be lots of debate around it, I think everyone would respect that on any given day, “There but for the grace....” It could be someone on the south shore of Montreal, it could be someone in the Holland Marsh, it coul

Agriculture committee  I can't say that we have, or have done so in depth. Certainly it's an interesting question. I'm very familiar with the dynamics of countervail and anti-dump with other countries, for sure.

Agriculture committee  I really don't know; of course, one of the unique features we face with our crop is that there are no serial numbers for some of it, no shelf life, so what do you do? It's an interesting question, but conversely a very difficult situation, if you have field lettuce that is going

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. We have some very huge exports. Some of our commodities to the U.S. in some years go as high as 90%. So we're very dependent on that market and we enjoy the relationship we have. We have a lot of small to medium-sized business operators in horticulture. Yes,

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. It's always a pleasure to appear before the committee. We're certainly no stranger to committee. We're certainly getting to become quite well acquainted, and we thank you for that. It's also an opportunity to come and say thanks, bec

Agriculture committee  Allegedly in those particular instances, not exclusively that one, certainly the repeal on the standard containers was cited as a reason for some changes, and also the differences in how companies were looking at rationalizing their investment and whether they would continue with

Agriculture committee  It would be taxation for some. Again, it's some of the regulations and, as I said, the repeal of standard containers. I won't go into that one, because certainly I think many of you heard a lot about that at the time—

Agriculture committee  Exactly, and we appreciate that it's being held in abeyance, so carry on. Again, it's a combination of things that are beyond our control in terms of the Canadian dollar or other things, but a lot of it does have to do with regulatory uncertainty. I think that as far as product

Agriculture committee  I am quite familiar with the situation your region experienced. Some continued their activities, but on a smaller scale, or decided to grow other products, while others retired from the industry. If I'm not mistaken, an announcement was made in the past few months. There will b

Agriculture committee  I have a lot of similar thoughts. I guess the collaborative approach as to how the private sector and government are working together has changed, in part because of clusters, in part because of a lot of the rationalization that went on with regard to all of the research centre