Canada-China Relations committee  If I could just add a clarification, there are some other commodities that we are picking up—notional things on the meat side. Again, because restaurants are closed, the streets are as you've seen on TV, so the demand on some of the imports is softening. We are talking to the mea

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you. It's a really good question. I would say that having cherries, eggs or whatever in one basket is never good. Our industry is aware of that, and we're aware of it too. Just to complement or supplement my colleague's comments, we obviously want to grow our industry and

Canada-China Relations committee  Deputy Morgan said it very well that the relationship between Canada and China is very complex. There may be other factors involved when decisions are made, but we're very much sticking in our swim lane relative to the technical aspects and the merits of it. I would leave that fo

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you for the question. No, we're not satisfied with the pace. To make it clear, when the suspensions of our two largest trading companies came into effect in March, we asked for face-to-face meetings right away. For a period over the summer, we had been asking for face-to-

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you for that question. My feeling is that inspections are increasing for all products from all countries, mostly because of the African swine fever. The same may not go for every country.

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think it's important to note, as Mr. Verheul said, that there were illegal, illegitimate certificates being used that were not from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and were not relative to Canadian product. Over a period of four months, we provided an

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you. It's a good question. I'll give a little bit of the context. As Mr. Verheul said, two of our major exporters have been suspended from exporting canola to China, but other companies are allowed to export. When we talk about canola, the key thing is that we're looking

International Trade committee  That is a good question, and thank you for it. On the spent fowl, as the minister has clearly identified, there are concerns of fraudulent practices. We are working right now with Trent University and looking at the opportunities of having a protocol on the DNA, distinguishing

Agriculture committee  I'll give you just notional ideas. Intuitively we all thought the number might be different because of what's happened since losing access to the free formal complaint process. The numbers themselves don't mean that there are not problems in the industry. One of the things we'v

Agriculture committee  We're starting the consultations now for the next policy framework with the provinces. This is a good time for issues to be identified. Obviously the current policy framework will be completed in 2018. So these are the types of things we are looking at with the provinces as well

Agriculture committee  Actually there isn't. You need good business processes regarding who you're partnering with, and you need to do your due diligence and understand things. The United States is unique in having the PACA in its laws for bankruptcy, insolvency, and protection. I'll have to defer to m

Agriculture committee  I don't have a detailed analysis. I think the Canadian dollar has had an impact on our overall exports. At the same time, we grow very good produce. As I indicated, with our fruit and vegetables we've exported, we do have a comparative advantage and sometimes there are supply iss

Agriculture committee  You've touched on a very important point, sir. What we've been talking about often with PACA is Canadian produce exporting into the United States in terms of how we are going to make sure we're going to get payment from the United States. The question you just asked, which I

Agriculture committee  Correct. Yes.

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. The majority of Canadian exports go to the United States. We are looking at systems in the United States because it is our most important market. We have not done a comparison with other countries. For example, if we look at NAFTA for Mexico, they d