Agriculture committee  There are a number of what I would call unresolved technical barriers with the CETA agreement for the red meat sector in Canada. We are extremely supportive of the agreement. Any market access is a very positive development for our industry. The challenge, though, is that it ha

Agriculture committee  I think B.C. definitely has an opportunity. The breadbasket of Canada is more from Manitoba to Alberta, which has the grains and so forth. The challenge is then you've got to move the grain to where the animals are, and there's more land to put animals in those other parts of thi

Agriculture committee  Yes. You don't need to go to the other side of the world to go see Asia, in some cases, if you go to Vancouver. There are definitely markets there to be serviced.

Agriculture committee  We would like to see ourselves included in any kind of base of agriculture where people are still able to access workers, be it on farms and so forth, and to have that access to labour. With regard to the loss of the temporary foreign worker program, I mean, our industry would

Agriculture committee  They're viable provided you can access labour. Ultimately, what those markets pay a premium for is a high-quality, consistent product, and in many cases a highly converted product. We're in the disassembly business. It's easy to sell big parts of animals. When you do that, you'

Agriculture committee  Yes. I definitely think it should be included in the framework. The challenge, obviously, with many international countries—I can rhyme off a few, the U.S., Russia, China—is that despite what would be a ruling by WTO or something, they either don't acknowledge that ruling or th

Agriculture committee  Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to present the Canadian meat industry's perspective on the next agricultural policy framework. My name is Troy Warren. I shall address you today as president and chair of the board of directors of the Canadian Meat Council. I'm also v

Industry committee  That's really the border one. The U.S. has the same challenge. The U.S. inspects, as I say, every single load of meat that goes from this country into the U.S. Our trade, actually, is pretty balanced. The amount of meat that we ship there and the amount of meat that comes into Ca

Industry committee  Okay. In my day job, I actually work for Maple Leaf Foods. On antibiotic resistance and the movement from a labelling claim standpoint, I think consumers are pushing us very aggressively to probably the right outcomes, which means that we have to responsibly use antibiotics, and

Industry committee  Cut me off.

Industry committee  I'm on my conclusions.

Industry committee  I'll just thank you.

Industry committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak today.

Industry committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak today with respect to strengthening the manufacturing sector. The Canadian Meat Council has represented Canada's federally inspected meat packers and processors since 1919. The council has 50 members who are packers and processors