Agriculture committee  It's a hard question. I don't think we have the answer for that. Maybe it's the politicians' job to figure that out.

Agriculture committee  Well, it would be nice if it were equal. It's insane that we actually compete with Quebec products—and we're just mentioning Quebec, because for us in the pork industry it's our biggest competitor right now. That's one thing. What else could we be doing? Something we have alread

Agriculture committee  I think we need a good risk management program, but I don't think we want to ask for a risk management program that covers our cost of production. I don't think that's realistic.

Agriculture committee  No credit is given for that. You borrow the same percentage on your dollar as Joe Blow down the road, who doesn't know anything about the farm industry but just wants to invest some money in it.

Agriculture committee  My dad was actually a bricklayer and had a few cows and twelve acres.

Agriculture committee  It's not easy. It has been pretty hard over the last number of years, but it's not impossible. It maybe seems impossible, but I would like you to come to the Outstanding Young Farmers sometime, when they have their get-togethers in Ontario, in order to meet some of those young pe

Agriculture committee  We're actually always looking to diversify. We're in the pig business, and it's not been all that wonderful in the last few years, so we're always looking to diversify. Over the years, it was never a good idea to.... Sows always made us more money, but now, in the last couple o

Agriculture committee  It was 2006.

Agriculture committee  There are a lot of other challenges that face not just young farmers but all farmers in Canada. I want to touch on that somewhat. As mentioned earlier today, there's an unlevel playing field for producers within Canada--for example, between Ontario and some other provinces. Queb

Agriculture committee  I'm Harry. We can talk about the weather, and the Canadian dollar, and a lot of other issues that face young farmers that the government can't help us with a lot, either. We're just trying to put together some other things that maybe we can get some help with. Just to get back