Finance committee  I have a few thoughts on that. Certainly, one would be an interdepartmental advisory council so that the different departments can work together to prioritize agriculture. The temporary foreign worker program started in the agriculture industry. It's the biggest user of the progr

Finance committee  Thank you. Abundant, healthy, safe, and affordable food is available to us in Canada as a result of our world-class food system. It's a system that feeds 36 million Canadians, and as the fifth largest exporter, feeds a multitude of people around the world. It's an important indu

Finance committee  Thank you. We've provided some visual aids for you. To be clear, these shortages are being experienced across all aspects of this industry, even though the industry brings in approximately 45,000 temporary foreign workers each year, workers who secure Canadian jobs. The inabil