International Trade committee  Rising food commodity prices are stimulating investment in infrastructure and assets globally. The key thing for Canadian farmers is to be as competitive as possible and that means access to markets. We should never pass up an opportunity to improve access to markets, especially

International Trade committee  Most certainly.

International Trade committee  Certainly I think of the crops we export to these countries, a good portion would be not shipped farmer dressed, meaning not shipped bulk. They would have been processed in Canada, somewhere likely near where they were produced, on the Prairies. Certainly there'd be cleaning and

International Trade committee  Those could be put in place as an impediment to our expanding a market. We'd rather have them dealt with in a harmonized framework.

International Trade committee  In addition to what I just stated, yes, it does. That would be a similar benefit.

International Trade committee  It has more to do with the harmonization of the regulatory issues, the MRL limits. Obviously, in becoming full members you would have a greater amount of discourse with these partners.

International Trade committee  We could avoid the potential of what you would call a standby ruling on the MRL level.

International Trade committee  Mr. Chairman and committee members, thank you for the opportunity for Pulse Canada to speak to the committee today. I'll briefly introduce myself. I farm with my wife Caroline and our three children. We have about a 10,000-acre farming operation in the central Peace District of

International Trade committee  Thank you. We have a cattle operation in addition to field crop production, wheat, barley, canola, and peas, which is our primary pulse crop. I have served on the Alberta Pulse Growers commission for six years now, entering my seventh year. I have been their representative on P