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Agriculture committee I apologize, but I'll just to add this. The way our industry is currently set up, we have nine provincial members that have their own organizations and they have their own authority to collect a levy, so there's some level of co-operation. The establishment of this agency would i
February 7th, 2018Committee meeting
Gary Stordy
Agriculture committee Yes, the name of the organization that we apply to, to initiate this process, is the Farm Products Council of Canada. I apologize, I should know that.
February 7th, 2018Committee meeting
Gary Stordy
Agriculture committee We've been working internally with our industry for well over the past seven years to try to build some consensus within our industry about how we can move forward. By industry, I mean producers and the provincial pork associations. We put together a proposal that would be brou
February 7th, 2018Committee meeting
Gary Stordy
Agriculture committee I would say that the environmental farm plan has been a great success for agriculture, in general. From farm to farm, it's specific as to how the producers go through the process of looking at the land, their facilities, and whatnot, and look at where they can mitigate any enviro
February 7th, 2018Committee meeting
Gary Stordy
International Trade committee Absolutely. Canada has great negotiators out there. Also, Canada brings a lot to the table when we enter into negotiations. We were successful in completing the TPP and CPTPP now. At the end of the day, it's one of those things where there are always spinoffs. As Adriana mentio
February 1st, 2018Committee meeting
Gary Stordy
International Trade committee I was going to suggest that it's not always about increasing jobs. It's also about maintaining the jobs that already exist and allowing producers a sense of comfort to reinvest in their facilities and take on new technologies to maintain competitiveness, but also to adapt to soci
February 1st, 2018Committee meeting
Gary Stordy