Agriculture committee  Not yet, no.

Agriculture committee  I'll just say something quickly. I think from public servants' standpoint, we are in international fora arguing for science-based solutions and science-based approaches to regulations. I understand the point about regulation and trying to make it efficient. We want to maintain t

Agriculture committee  I can give you a high-level answer. I also have a colleague here from the CFIA, if you'd like me to bring him forward.

Agriculture committee  Jaspinder Komal is the chief veterinary officer at CFIA. He is really at the front line of this work. If you're okay with being put on the spot, Jaspinder, you can talk a little bit about what you're doing.

Agriculture committee  I think the last point that Dr. Komal made was that there is a lot of work with provincial partners, because they have an important role in this, and of course industry as well, both in terms of their actions and communication to their members. It is a collaborative approach, as

Agriculture committee  Why don't I take a stab at that? Thank you for the question. I think you accurately portrayed the net income numbers for last year. It was driven by a range of cost increases. Some of those—interest rates, obviously, and the cost of carrying debt—rose a little bit last year. We

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Strategic innovation fund.

Agriculture committee  The committee has not yet started.

Agriculture committee  Dr. Komal might be able to tell you a bit more, but I would just like to say that we had an Indian delegation here in the fall. They came to see how our system works. We are awaiting that delegation's report and then we can take the next step here in Canada.

Agriculture committee  We are working on it. We are ready on our side.

Agriculture committee  They would be international bodies that work to help set global trade standards, as an example—in fact, it links back to our trade objectives—for different aspects of setting up rules that can collectively be agreed to by CFIA and counterparts in other countries. We will provide

Agriculture committee  We are all still waiting. The Dairy Farmers of Canada have stated that we need the finalized text before being able to talk about it.

Agriculture committee  The negotiations are indeed over, but there are some small details that Canada and the United States have to iron out. Once the agreement is signed, the document will be finalized and we can get to work based on that.

Agriculture committee  As I had said earlier, we've worked a lot with the sector on this issue. One of the things we did through the food processing industry round table was that the industry put together an estimate of the cost of implementation of the front-of-package labelling. This was based on i