Agriculture committee  Thank you for your question. We are working closely with the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Department of Employment and Social Development on these issues, to expedite workers' access to the labour market and processors' access to that labour. This

Agriculture committee  I don't know that we keep lists like that, so the answer would probably be no. Mr. Steinley, on these issues our engagement is ongoing, in the sense that we're talking to all of these stakeholder groups on a regular basis about these and other issues.

Agriculture committee  I'm going to ask my colleague Ms. Guérard to answer that question.

Agriculture committee  I might take that question. This $100 million is specifically for the AgriRecovery program in B.C. for the response to the B.C. floods. We had a little bit of money in 2021-22, and this is the rest of that program. In terms of what the go-forward question would be, I think the

Agriculture committee  I am aware of the situation, but Mr. Morel will answer the question.

Agriculture committee  As the minister said, I don't think it's research per se. The way I'd put it is that the work has largely been done from CFIA on how to update the guidelines. I think the question that has been raised by the organic sector is how this matches with their needs and their approach t

Agriculture committee  I don't have the precise number, but I would say the vast majority—$21 million—has been allocated so far.

Agriculture committee  Yes, I can definitely share with you. It would come from the national inventory report, but we can break it down by sources for sure.

Agriculture committee  Those are the big ones on adoption for sure, because that technology is current and well known.

Agriculture committee  Yes. The costs may be barriers or they're newer technologies. In the research stream, I don't have projects with me, but those would be moving us forward in newer technologies.

Agriculture committee  In terms of the consultation, I wouldn't have a specific dollar amount, because we tend not to break it down that way, but one of our goals in any consultation we do—and I think we would have achieved it on the Grain Act—is that we try to be broad in terms of the options we prese

Agriculture committee  I think the way I would characterize it is that stakeholders look at the issue as opposed to whether it's a legislative or a regulatory change. You get questions about the inspection regime, the science or producer protection. All of these issues come up, and I think we have to l

Agriculture committee  All of our agriscience research clusters under the Canadian agricultural partnership will expire in March, and we've been working with stakeholders in all of the current clusters and with others as we get ready for the new sustainable agricultural partnership that will launch nex

Agriculture committee  I'd have to look, quite honestly, at what's in the specifics of the soy cluster, Mr. MacGregor. We found generally that, as you point out, productivity is key for producers. For most of the clusters, there's an aspect that it's productivity. It's yield and disease resistance and

Agriculture committee  Since my department is not responsible for the tax, I said I had no figures to provide to you.