Finance committee  Transport Canada is about to implement a number of security regulations under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act.

Finance committee  We didn't want to have five jurisdictions covering us. Trust me; it would be a lot easier if we could just have one jurisdiction to talk to. Due to our products coming under the Department of Natural Resources if they're an explosive, under the Department of Agriculture because t

Finance committee  You can make that four and a half, actually.

Finance committee  It's absolutely identical.

Finance committee  You're not. You're actually helping us all together do the right thing in a project that would benefit everybody, including farmers, because if they have difficulty and issues now, can you imagine the outcry they're going to have when they have to pay for all of the security requ

Finance committee  The producers would not typically carry the amounts of inputs that our agri-retailers would carry. They tend to take what's necessary to apply to the soil. Some, however, will warehouse or store larger quantities. That's been known to happen, but it's more sporadic. We are the ke

Finance committee  They'd be in bins. They could be inside warehouse-type buildings. They can be in bulk or in bags and are often in bins.

Finance committee  I'd frankly love to deal with one department, but I can't seem to get the government to agree to which department that should be. I have two letters in front of me dated within a week of each other. One is from the Minister of Agriculture and one from the Minister of Public Safet

Finance committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Thanks for the opportunity to present today. Canadian agri-retailers are the stewards of critically important crop input products like fertilizers and chemicals that are responsible for boosting yields and protecting crops wh