Agriculture committee  On behalf of Cereals Canada, I want to thank the standing committee for the invitation to appear before you today. The free flow of goods, both within Canada as well as to our international customers, is critical for the growth and competitiveness of the Canadian cereal sector.

Agriculture committee  Not of Bill C-18. When I said that I didn't want to dwell on negative aspects, there would be concerns if parliamentarians chose not to adopt these. There are many negative implications of not moving forward with the modernization of our regulatory environment. Those implicatio

Agriculture committee  I will address the second half of your question. I'll leave it to my farmer friends to comment on the advance payment. I would just make the comment quickly that everybody in the system needs to make money. That includes farmers, absolutely. If farmers aren't making a profit, th

Agriculture committee  It's certain.

Agriculture committee  Varieties that are in the public domain today will remain there.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Chairman and members of the committee. It is a privilege for me to be before you again. Helping to create an environment that sees Canada as a first or the first choice for agriculture innovation is one of the key priorities for Cereals Canada. Bill C-18, t

Agriculture committee  I would just like to reiterate the comment about the extraordinary level of unity within the shipping community on this issue. I think it would be good to focus on that level of unity. Most of my shipper members are actually members of the railcar coalition. Specifically to you

Agriculture committee  Perhaps I could add a quick point to that. I've heard the comment that while the unloading needs to occur 24 hours a day, seven days a week, I have heard it expressed by my shipper members, the one-third that are the shipper members, that if that is necessary to do, that commit

Agriculture committee  I think it is a very useful or potentially useful tool, but again, it does get down to some of things that need to be in that regulatory package. I would agree with you that we want to create a regulatory environment where penalties and special orders from the government are not

Agriculture committee  Well, and just making the process and getting an agreement so difficult to go through that it doesn't happen.... Before we leave interswitching, I think Wade made a very important point, and I want to emphasize it. Years down the road or in six months down the road when we're ev

Agriculture committee  I'll quickly add a couple of points. I think Art and Wade have made most of the points, but our goal as an industry is not to continually be in a situation where these special orders are in place and these fines are on the table. Our goal is to get to a place where the level of s

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chairman, on behalf of Cereals Canada, I want to thank the standing committee for the invitation to appear before you today. The crisis in grain transportation is something that impacts the entire value chain and is a threat to Canada’s brand and reputation. Cereals Canada