Agriculture committee  Ensure that more of the consumer's food dollar goes directly into the pocket of the grower.

Agriculture committee  Perhaps I can answer that. Canada has decimated the research system over the last ten years. If you read the Auditor General's report, which I'm sure you have, you will know the same story, and we agree with that story. We are extremely concerned about succession planning at th

Agriculture committee  Unfortunately, we have experienced, over the last number of years, talk and not the same action. It doesn't happen at ground level, as it's said at the 40,000-foot level.

Agriculture committee  It's the McDonald's effect. Everything has to be done in 45 seconds or two years. That's not good enough. We need to have long-term research. We need to have primary production research re-established. It has to be multidisciplinary and it has to be regional, because you can't ex

Agriculture committee  We're not working on a level playing field.

Agriculture committee  It's just not happening, and it's getting worse. Mark, would you like to share your information? We can see from this proposal in New York to put in a replant program that it's going to have a significant impact on us. We, as Canadians, have to decide whether we are going to r

Agriculture committee  The Canadian tree-fruit industry--I can only speak to the tree-fruit industry--is struggling from one region to the next. I can say that in Nova Scotia we are definitely maintaining our own. We are definitely on a higher level than some of the other provinces. That's because of t

Agriculture committee  For tree fruits, for apples, dumping is a problem, internationally and domestically, in that on the west coast of Canada they have a problem with Washington State. In the east coast I perceive that there will be a problem coming if New York State is successful in getting a $20-mi

Agriculture committee  My name is Dela Erinth. I am representing the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association. That means predominantly apples in this province. Without science, without scientific research and innovation, we would not be able to maintain any form of economic viability over the long term.