Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Perhaps to add to that, I would reiterate that I've been told that there are about 500,000 cull beef cows that are not given growth promotants. There are cull dairy cattle, and there are veal animals as well that are never given growth promotants. So the supply is there. It wou

Agriculture committee  The whole world currently has access to Canada for pork; we have 0% tariff on pork for everybody. That`s the situation we have going into the negotiation already, with unlimited access. Several of our members would say that wasn't fair, and I agreed that it wasn't fair but that's

Agriculture committee  Well, the Danish are world leaders in the export of pork around the world. They're a major competitor of ours in Japan. Kathleen would be mad if I didn't show you. You have probably all seen these products in stores across Canada. They're very good; they're delicious. They're a p

Agriculture committee  I don't have that figure off the top of my head. I have it in my statistics, but it's interesting because when we had a dispute with Europeans, the beef hormone dispute, Canada went to the World Trade Organization and won the dispute, won the right to put on retaliatory tariffs,

Agriculture committee  That's 81,000 tonnes.

Agriculture committee  Just to add that we shouldn't forget the pork side. There's a lot of pork produced in Canada, and the Europeans value the hams a lot more than we do or could get in other markets. That's a premium market for ham. That will help boost the overall prices that packers can pay to far

Agriculture committee  We think it would be a really good idea to set that program in place to take advantage of this agreement, but also to provide an incentive for these facilities to do that very thing. In some way, some of them will need that incentive to do it. It depends on the facility. Some wil

Agriculture committee  I think it boils down to their knowing that there's a big enough potential for them to run through animals that are dedicated to that specific market. If this had not been as big a deal as it is, then there would not be the interest there is. It is critical to make sure.... But

Agriculture committee  I will just agree with you that if we look at the situation right now with Korea, the Americans have a free trade agreement with Korea. We were sending a lot of meat to Korea; now we're not. It has virtually dropped to nothing because of the preferential tariff access they have—b

Agriculture committee  Good afternoon, everyone. I'm the executive director of the Canadian Meat Council, based here in Ottawa. Thank you for inviting me here to speak about your study on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and the effects it will have on Canadian agriculture. Ca

Finance committee  I just want to reiterate that Bill C-60, from what I read, actually extends the ability of the government to offer these developed nations a preferential tariff rate. Deciding which country gets on the list is not, from what I read, part of Bill C-60. It's a separate process. I t

Finance committee  I really don't know the answer. I'd have to go back and check that specifically.

Finance committee  Are you asking whether there are other countries that, like Canada, offer developing nations a general preferential tariff?

Finance committee  Sure. Thank you very much. I think it's important for people to realize—and I'm sure they do—that the changes to Bill C-60 actually extend the ability of the government beyond June of next year to offer these preferential tariff rates to developing and least developed countries.