Agriculture committee  It's clear that they spend millions and millions of dollars to develop this technology. Yesterday I sat in Guelph at the soybean board meeting, and we addressed issues, such as whether we are going to support this research. At the end of the day, the answer was yes. We want to su

Agriculture committee  The issue is that livestock production is moving all over the place. It used to be in the seventies that Ontario was the major livestock feedlot industry in Canada. Then it shifted more to the west and the big facilities that are out there are handling a lot of cattle out of Albe

Agriculture committee  I think my colleagues addressed that very clearly. We don't have many slaughter facilities left in Canada, Alex. There's one really big one in Ontario, and there are two in Alberta. That is the position the United States has taken. I think there are some loopholes they can get t

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. I'm pleased to be able to address this audience, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Dwight Foster. I live half an hour south of the Hill and farm 4,500 acres of grains and oilseeds. I have a beef feedlot, and I'm sad to say it's the largest feedlot now east of Toront