International Trade committee  Honestly, we don't have an issue with infrastructure from our perspective. We produce dairy products that we ship across the country. Today it's by truck mostly. In some regions we go by plane. We're probably not the best ones to speak about infrastructure in that context.

International Trade committee  That's an interesting question. Our industry has been developed or designed to meet Canadian needs. That doesn't exclude the opportunity to have some niche product exported, probably to the United States or other countries, but our reality is that the U.S. industry has developed

International Trade committee  I think it has been said that, yes, supply management has been protected in the deal. There's no reduction in the over-quota tariff. There is a limited access of imports, although 3% or 4% of our market is still an important share of our market, which we're going to give to the o

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. I'll answer in French, if you don't mind. Compensation is important. That said, the dairy industry will be negatively impacted by the TPP agreement. In fact, between 3% and 4% of our market will be supplied through imports from now on. We need support

International Trade committee  This is an important situation. It needs to be resolved. Over and above Canada's commitment to open its markets, now we have to control our border. Mr. Lebel referred to the pizza kit. That was an example of what happened a number of years ago. The government took action on the

International Trade committee  In Australia, the government did not intervene, which resulted in a failure. Dairy production is in a sharp decline. Exports are also falling. So it's a failure across the board. Right now, the Australian government is assessing how it can help producers, in a context of an inter

International Trade committee  It is comparable. Here we have family farms where the production of milk is the primary source of income. In Australia, producers are not able to make a living from their activity. They are having a great deal of trouble. In the case of New Zealand, the government intervened, al

International Trade committee  Australia's dairy production has dropped significantly since the deregulation. In New Zealand, the monopoly created by the government has helped the industry become a success. Canada faces the world's largest dairy producer, the U.S., which produces 11 times more milk than us.

International Trade committee  Thank you. Good morning, everyone. We'll make our intervention in French, but we'll be available to answer questions in both French and English as required. Members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade, thank you for giving us the opportunity to com

Agriculture committee  We don't need...and do you know why? It's because we have a lot of skim milk in Canada from which we could produce ingredients. If the government would make a decision to control the utilization of those ingredients.... Let me be very clear. We're in the final process of negotiat

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. Obviously, as a co-operative, our excédents—“profits” is not a co-operative term—go back to the farmers. Agropur has paid back to our dairy farm owners in the range of $500 million over the last five years in patronage dividends. That money, obviousl

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. There's no difference. It's simple.

Agriculture committee  Well, as I said in my presentation, and I commented on it, the only reason this is happening is that it's a way to bring in cheaper protein. That's the only reason. We are a processor in the United States. We make cheese in the United States. There's no reason, no rationale for

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. The first thing I want to say is that we, the processors, are in competition. The competition on the Canadian market is fierce. Of course, everyone is looking for ways to become more competitive and to reduce their costs to be able to take market shar

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Gourde. I would say that we should save both the chicken and the egg. The only reason those proteins are imported today is that processors are looking for ways to reduce their costs. All Agropur can do is jump on the bandwagon. We are on the market, competing with