Finance committee  To my understanding there is still a border control for milk protein coming into the country. After the TPP is signed, over a number of years that border control on protein supplements will disappear. That is an open door for processors in Canada to use components elsewhere in the world and get higher yields from Canadian milk.

Finance committee  I think right now we have a good handle on the importation.

Finance committee  We have nothing specific, but in general, following the dismissal of the elected board members of the Canadian Wheat Board and the Wheat Board's being privatized, we now have an increased part of the total revenue of the exports of grain going to multinational corporations, and farmers will get a reduced amount.

Finance committee  —and those decisions are negative.

Finance committee  Well, I would like to answer that in general terms. I think our regulatory agencies are depending too much on the selective science that is submitted for approval of drugs and additives. I think we need to be partly re-funding the CFIA, as well as re-funding Health Canada, to obtain independent research around health and safety of products.

Finance committee  The budget should help Canadian agriculture to contribute to future success of the Paris agreement on climate change. Your budget should provide funding and support to farmers for adapting to climate change, and to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases through climate-friendly technology and practices.

Finance committee  Thank you. The National Farmers Union would like to thank you for the opportunity for this pre-budget consultation. The NFU is a voluntary, direct membership, non-partisan national farm organization made up of thousands of farm families from across Canada who produce a wide variety of commodities.