Agriculture committee  We're not doing what, sir?

Agriculture committee  Absolutely not. It's just, as Edouard said, that it's a fact of life that our cost of production is $1.55 and we get $0.95 or $1. Automatically it's below the cost of production, absolutely.

Agriculture committee  I think as important as any of those is AgriStability, the one that fixes the negative margin. That one does affect each and every one of our producers, and I really do believe it needs to be looked at. The other fact is that if the loan program isn't working...and I'm not sayin

Agriculture committee  I would suggest just writing it off.

Agriculture committee  I'm going to respond very briefly and then I want Jacques to respond, but certainly levelling the playing field is absolutely key. A simple example is Carbadox. We banned it in Canada. We are not allowed to use it anymore. It has never been banned in the U.S. Supposedly it is c

Agriculture committee  I think you've actually hit the problem and the solution we need to have. That was the meeting I was at and why I didn't show up in Ottawa earlier, because I felt that it was so critical that we develop this. What we are working on right now is a comprehensive plan Canada-wide, w

Agriculture committee  We have reported that to you at this table. We've already shown you the drop; now it's just a little longer time. We predicted it and we've reported it. It's devastating some of our producers. Some of them have changed their business model and are finishing their hogs in Canada.

Agriculture committee  In actual fact, we're in very close contact with the National Pork Producers Council. They never supported COOL and feel that its long-term impact will actually be more negative for the U.S. than Canada. The short-term effect is damaging to some of our producers who had that busi

Agriculture committee  Thanks for the question. On the Colombia agreement, it's critical that it gets approved quickly before the Americans have theirs approved, so we can get quicker access. We do have an opportunity and we should approve the agreement. In answer to the question, we need access to

Agriculture committee  As I said, I absolutely do not advocate shutting the border. I do advocate treating the Americans the same way as they treat us. So their pork coming in should get the same levy as our pork going into the U.S. Our regulations have to be adhered to, because there are labelling iss

Agriculture committee  We absolutely believe that. We expect to follow the rules of our export markets as well--and we do.

Agriculture committee  I think about 700,000 or 800,000 tonnes are domestic. Then you have a million tonnes exported. Those are really rough numbers.

Agriculture committee  That's correct.

Agriculture committee  That's correct.

Agriculture committee  Alex, I think you've hit on something very important, and it is something government can do tomorrow. One of those things is that, number one, the pork coming in from the U.S. has to meet the same stringent rules and regulations as our pork does in Canada. That could be implement