Agriculture committee  That simply has to do with market value. Costs are related to transportation for euthanasia from the processing plant. As euthanasia on the farm has not yet taken place, I cannot answer your question.

Agriculture committee  The situation is slowly getting resolved. As we said, there is a very clear cut in terms of the needs of buyers and those of hotel and restaurant owners, for instance. What may two consecutive eight-week periods look like? I don't have a crystal ball, but I can speculate that, i

Agriculture committee  Yes. You are reading my mind.

Agriculture committee  I do believe that the Prime Minister has made a firm commitment that upcoming negotiations—be it only with Mercosur or for all other future agreements—no breaches or concessions would be made. At the end of negotiations, supply management has often been a little bonus or a cherry

Agriculture committee  Yes, I'm here. I'm back.

Agriculture committee  No, I didn't hear the question.

Agriculture committee  That's a great question. Obviously, there's no direct connection between COVID-19 and the compensation we have been negotiating for years. The amounts have been determined. If, however, there were a regulation whereby the compensation were used to encourage consumers to buy Cana

Agriculture committee  That is true. The supply management system is there to meet market needs, so that we can feed Canadians. We adapt production every eight weeks in order to respond, for example, to population growth, to increases in tourism during the summer, and to the drop in tourism during the

Agriculture committee  The subject has been brought up. Mr. Laliberté is in touch with the directors and managers in all the provinces. They're meeting with the help of the same tools we're using today, Zoom, Teams and such. You're right that there has to be co-operation between the federal and provinc

Agriculture committee  Supply management encompasses five types of products: dairy, chicken and turkey, boiler hatching eggs and table eggs. In the dairy sector, I think farmers received direct payments. As for the poultry sector, we've always asked for funding to encourage people to buy Canadian chic

Agriculture committee  Mrs. Bessette, I should mention that you are my member of Parliament, since I live in your riding. What a coincidence. AgriRecovery covers a portion of the depopulation costs. As I said, the value of the flocks isn't covered. Michael Laliberté, Chicken Farmers of Canada's execut

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Agriculture committee  I'm a chicken farmer from Stanbridge Station, Quebec, in the Brome—Missisquoi riding, and I'm the chair of the Chicken Farmers of Canada. Our industry contributes $8 billion to Canada's GDP, supports more than 101,900 jobs and generates $1.9 billion in tax revenue for the govern

Agriculture committee  I think it's working now.