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February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

International Trade committee  Actually, we create two cheeses for Mission Hill winery in the Okanagan. We don't sell them ourselves. They are their cheeses we create for them to go with their wine. So we do have a relationship with a winery.

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

International Trade committee  I think anyone who's had any association with farming or agriculture knows how much work goes into it, so maybe it could be something in the labour initiative for programs to hire student labour in the summer. I created in-house an internship program to teach people to make cheese.

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

International Trade committee  It's hard work. It's a lot of work and focus, and I think just a passion. You have to be entrepreneurial. One of my daughters married someone from Slovakia. He's a lovely fellow. She arranged his immigration to Canada. He was here for six months, and we had an opportunity for them to help expand the business.

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

International Trade committee  Well, we can go there.

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

International Trade committee  I mentioned before that we're just at the point of transitioning into the next generation with one of our daughters. We want them to be able to have a successful business and carry on for the next generation as well and keep those people on the farm. We will explore that, yes.

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

International Trade committee  That is correct, yes.

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

International Trade committee  As I mentioned before, we're not in a position to be actively focusing our attention on export into the European market at this time. We believe that increased awareness of fine cheeses in Canada will increase sales and therefore increase production at our level. Therefore, we will add to our production staff and our facility as required.

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

International Trade committee  It's a little town where my grandfather homesteaded. It's called Dewar Lake, which is my family's last name. They came from Scotland, as I said, in the 1800s. It is 25 miles, if I can use miles, east of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border on the highway that goes between Calgary and Saskatoon.

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

International Trade committee  It's as Mr. Freybe said: fairness in getting across borders, and things put in place that make it easy for us to get through the paperwork, for instance. I know that British Columbia is doing a food expo in Japan. They're taking B.C. products. The BC Food Processors Association is facilitating that.

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes

February 3rd, 2014Committee meeting

Debra Amrein-Boyes