Agriculture committee  Farm Credit Canada may have some of those numbers. I do recall seeing the changing demographic of farmers. They were showing that more women were actively engaged and involved in farming, but I can't tell you exactly what the numbers are.

Agriculture committee  I already made recommendations in my speech.

Agriculture committee  The government's role is to provide the strongest possible support and risk management programs to help farmers manage the entire range of income. It changes each time, and each time, you need to renegotiate with your banker. The farming profession must also be promoted. Farmer

Agriculture committee  The most difficult thing is probably when diseases force us to slaughter all the herds. In the grain industry, we don't have the same diseases. However, in the farming industry, in particular with beef and pork, a disease can force us to slaughter the entire herd. For the farming

Agriculture committee  We've been lucky enough in the past to have part of our funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food. Our proposal is currently going through the steps. Having talked to Do More Ag and Dr. Jones-Bitton, we've actually proposed the development of some resources for young families in agr

Agriculture committee  When we asked farmers, if they were to go out and get help, how they would like to see it, it was very definitely one-on-one. They felt, at that time anyway, that it was the preferred method, and I think that still remains. Whether or not it's one-on-one remotely, they want a cas

Agriculture committee  Anecdotally, we say there's a link between mental health and injuries, but I don't think there's actually research proving it. It would be nice to have some research to actually see how close the link is and what the causal factors are, so if you were to do some interventions you

Agriculture committee  My dad just passed away. I was the executor and we were trying to go through the estate. He thought he had planned it really well in forming a corporation, etc. I can tell you that you need a pretty high-priced accountant to help you navigate all that and understand exactly what

Agriculture committee  Oh, definitely. There was a heated discussion within our family as to how exactly we were going to maintain that fairness. It's not equal but it has to be fair.

Agriculture committee  That's an interesting question. I was listening to a previous meeting, and I think the same question was asked: whether supply-managed commodities seem to have less stress than open-market commodities. When I was farming, I had hogs and my neighbours all had supply management. I

Agriculture committee  I'm going to have to decline answering that, because I've been out of the industry so long. I'm sure if you talked to the Canadian Horticultural Council, they would be able to answer it. I apologize.

Agriculture committee  I won't have recommendations for CFIA, but when I was a hog farmer, all the programs out there that were supposed to help me weather the financial storms weren't bankable, and that was a tough one for me. I don't think that's changed. It would have been a lot easier for me at the

Agriculture committee  I'd like to thank the committee for allowing me to speak here today. I will give a bit of background on who Marcel Hacault is. I'm starting to feel long in the tooth now. I was a hog farmer until 2004, so I've experienced all the ups and downs in the industry. I was also involv

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  I'm going to start with a few comments in French. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank you for the opportunity to make a presentation to the subcommittee. My name is Marcel Hacault, the Executive Director of the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association. I was somewhat surprised when I