Agriculture committee  I'd like to make a closing comment for some help for the slaughter of animals. We collect animals at the farm. We're charging to pick up those animals. The $31 should also apply to animals that are picked up at the farm.

Agriculture committee  Canada chose to comply with OIE standards in order to have access to other markets and has enjoyed a certain level of success. However, that comes at a cost, and it is our clients who pay. That is why we are asking that some assistance be provided until the regulations have been

Agriculture committee  I cannot answer for my colleagues, but as far as the rendering sector is concerned, we still find it very difficult to break into the markets that we had prior to 2003.

Agriculture committee  I will answer on behalf of my clients in the meat sector. We have to realize that in Canada, half of our production is exported. Hence, when export markets close, this is much more serious for Canadians than it is for Americans because, in the U.S., exports account for less than

Agriculture committee  First of all, I've been going to Europe for maybe 35 years and I've probably visited 40 different rendering plants there. They have been taking care of SRM, in the case of England, for 20 years, and in the case of the rest of Europe, for 10 years. I would say that just about 100%

Agriculture committee  The dead ruminants are considered to be high-risk material. They have no value anymore. In our case, that represents approximately one third of the volume of risk material. Indeed, just over half of the risk material comes from plants such as Levinoff-Colbex. Some of the raw mate

Agriculture committee  There are dead stock pick-up services in every province, not only for ruminants but also for hogs and chickens. There is, therefore, a pick-up service. The animals are picked up, but we are talking about thousands of tons of dead stock per week. A company such as ours, for exampl

Agriculture committee  I'll try to quickly explain. The situation is that we have some material that we process in the regular rendering process, but we've had to build two plants instead of one under the same roof, so the high-risk material goes into a new line and the product that comes out.... Our

Agriculture committee  I'll wait for the question period, if there are questions regarding rendering.