International Trade committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  Yes, I have my left winger.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, members. Thank you for inviting us today to speak on NAFTA. At the outset, let me say that NAFTA, as currently structured, has been positive for both the Canadian and the U.S. chicken industry. With the stability provided by supply management, the

Agriculture committee  I think the other challenge right now is that, for instance, would you expect be getting 50 centimetres of snow in Newfoundland? We make decisions, with a decision tree, about whether to load or not load based on weather. To give you an example, if there's extreme heat in the sum

Agriculture committee  I think we're better off now because there's been a new plant built in Clair, New Brunswick. There's also a new one in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. There had been some longer transport times. Probably those on Prince Edward Island, where there isn't a processing plant, ha

Agriculture committee  You spoke about an eight-hour period, but in Europe it is 12 hours for chickens. We want to go about this species by species and take differences into account. Most people think that things are better in Europe, but I'm not sure that that is really the case, given the proposals

Agriculture committee  I agree. New Zealand has a 12-hour limit, but you can go from one end of the country to the other in 12 hours. Did they put it at the maximum so that you're not going to drive a couple of times around the island before you get there? I think you're going to look at what you're g

Agriculture committee  Yes. If you assume four hours for loading and three hours for unloading, the maximum feed and water rest interval in the EU is 19 hours. Our understanding is that the feed withdrawal is 12 hours on top of that, for a total of 31 hours. As there is no international harmonization,

Agriculture committee  I'll just conclude. I'll stop that part and conclude.

Agriculture committee  CFC will continue its leadership role on animal welfare, whether on the farm or in transport. We have the only program that retailers and restaurants can rely on with confidence to assure their customers and all Canadians that the chicken they sell has been raised under the most

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning committee members. I'm here with my colleague Steve Leech today. Chicken Farmers of Canada appreciates the opportunity to provide input on the proposed health of animals regulations regarding transport. Canada’s 2,800 chicken farmers wil

Agriculture committee  Chantelle Donahue from Cargill took a real lead in terms of developing this. This came out, from Calgary, on building public trust. It got presented to federal, provincial, and territorial ministers. It is taking a value-chain-centric approach to public trust. Right now, we are t

Agriculture committee  We see it two ways as well. Our job as well, in doing this, is educating farmers. This is where we think we have right now.... The new code of practice came in and we took that code of practice. We have already decided that there are new elements in there that are not in our an

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Drouin. I think the challenge here is that we're fully supportive: we've had our animal care program in place since 2009. It's on. It's fully audited every year, and from that perspective it's mandatory for us. There is no ability from any government regulations

Agriculture committee  Yes, of course. We created the “raised by a Canadian farmer” program. Various retail outlets and restaurants participate in the program. As a result, chicken production and consumption have increased by more than 3% in 2015, and are expected to increase by 4.5% this year. People