Agriculture committee  That's a good question. On the standards side, we're obviously working with the sector to develop a new set of standards. I think you will hear a lot from the sector about the importance of having a good set of standards and, as much as possible, a common set of standards across

Agriculture committee  As you alluded, there are multiple fairly significant markets in Asia. We have China, where the minister was, but through TPP, we have Japan and Vietnam, and of course we have a free trade agreement with South Korea as well. It's a mix of things that we do, I would say. One is wo

Agriculture committee  As you know, the government is reviewing both the seasonal agricultural worker program and some aspects of the temporary foreign worker program that pertain to agriculture and some of the processing sector needs. From our standpoint at Agriculture Canada, obviously the responsibi

Agriculture committee  Indeed.

Agriculture committee  I do have something, somewhere, but I would have to find it. Could you give me a moment? I know that it was about...

Agriculture committee  Of course.

Agriculture committee  We have a head negotiator who is responsible for agricultural matters during negotiations. I do not know if we can talk about studies here, but we did prepare information for the minister, the cabinet and Minister Freeland in order to advise them on how to proceed. We worked quit

Agriculture committee  Right. I will try to answer. We have received between 2,000 and 2,500 applications under the program. We received many applications and the first window is now closed. Approximately 1,900 people will receive a payment. As you stated, this was the first window for applications an

Agriculture committee  Yes, it's about half, maybe a bit more. We received many comments from the sector on the process. We used the first-come first-served principle. We often consult industry stakeholders to know what we could do to improve the process during the second phase and to make things easie

Agriculture committee  All right.

Agriculture committee  Yes, I'll be quick. We're working with the provinces coming out of July, consulting with national organizations on some potential ways to improve the business risk management system. Stakeholder consultation obviously takes time. These are complicated issues, so this work will b

Agriculture committee  What kind of studies are you talking about?

Agriculture committee  We're certainly having discussions with the sector. The minister, and I believe the parliamentary secretary, have met with a range of supply-managed stakeholders since the agreement was signed in March. Certainly one of the things we're trying to better understand with the range

Agriculture committee  I wouldn't put words in my mouth. There is not a public package right now. Discussions are ongoing with the sector. I couldn't comment on, obviously, when the government would take a decision one way or the other on that.

Agriculture committee  I don't believe there's anything in the work we did, because it was a static model, if you will. I'd have to check.