Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Well, I think there are clearly costs for producers, and these are incremental. There is no market premium for that; I think it's implicit to the consumer that food be safe regardless of how that happens. Again, there is no market premium, and food safety as a condition of access

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Certainly on imported products, that's something that's key to us. We want a level playing field and we want things to be competitive. Certainly in the communications that the major Canadian retailer I referred to has issued to vendors, they are indicating they need to be on th

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  On behalf of Steve Levasseur, my president and an apple producer from Frelighsburg, Quebec, I thank you for the invitation. Being an apple producer, and with the temperature as it is today, he is out in the fields. The Canadian Horticultural Council is the national association

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  No. I'll be making a presentation as well.

Agriculture committee  The “Product of Canada” designation should be strictly reserved for products that were in fact produced in Canada.

Agriculture committee  Markets are indeed very integrated, but I really do not think we need to adopt a labelling system for the North American market at his point in time, especially given the current situation. I really don't. I would just like to mention too that as we heard in terms of monitoring—

Agriculture committee  I agree with you. If we go with voluntary standards, then nothing will really change. We must all work together to come up with a mandatory labelling system that works.

Agriculture committee  Good day and thank you. The Canadian Horticultural Council is a national association that has been committed to promoting the interests of its members since 1922. We are committed to advancing the growth and economic viability of horticulture by encouraging cooperation and unde