Agriculture committee  Pat Vanderkooy from Dietitians of Canada is going to speak in the next session. She's probably better equipped to answer that question.

Agriculture committee  I'm reluctant to comment on a specific tax because I represent a really wide network of researchers. What you're commenting on, though, these practices that have to do with carbon sequestration and regenerating the soil, take our approach to sustainable agriculture a step beyon

Agriculture committee  I will not presume to have answers for the north, but from what I know, having talked to people who live in the north and do their research in the north, supportive initiatives are already happening on the ground. The Northern Farm Training Institute, for instance, has been deliv

Agriculture committee  Yes, I do. Most of our evidence shows that despite the great deal of information we have about food, we are not eating any more healthfully than we have in the past. The main determinants of what we eat are habit and convenience. In other words, in line with social determinants o

Agriculture committee  First, we heard a great deal about income inequality during the June food summit, and I think that should be taken very seriously. A significant part of the problem with access to food in Canada is really about income. Many of the other costs in people's lives are inflexible, so

Agriculture committee  I'm quite familiar with some of the current efforts around superclusters. To the best of my knowledge, they are very much focused on digital agriculture technologies, and they are really looking at the smart agriculture approach. We don't see a problem with that necessarily, bu

Agriculture committee  I can give you a couple of examples. I'm sure our membership would have a wide range of recommendations. For meat producers, for instance, there's a variety of different standards—provincial and federal regulations—regarding food safety. Many of the small meat producers don't eve

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. On behalf of the Canadian Association for Food Studies, I want to thank you for inviting us here today. We are a network of about 600 individuals across Canada who conduct scholarly research on food. Our members come from a wide array of disciplines, from