Agriculture committee  In probably regrettable words, I mentioned that people don't know what they're doing. They're good people, but they have a box to tick and they don't see the overall picture. They don't understand that taking a three- or four-month window out of a business puts that business in j

Agriculture committee  I can think of four cases offhand that are exactly the same as mine, involving the same timing and so on. When the investigations of all four of them were completed, they found absolutely nothing that any of the farmers had done wrong, but they had interrupted their businesses fo

Agriculture committee  It's the integrity branch of Employment and Social Development Canada. It's the stopgap, if you will, for making sure that everything is done in compliance with regulations for hiring foreign workers. I'm discussing my case, but as national labour chair I was also in contact on

Agriculture committee  Thank you. I don't know any other government program that's run this way. On March 1, I received notice that ESDC, for their investigations, were going to enter farms without the permission, knowledge or consent of the producer. Whether or not the producer was present, they wou

Agriculture committee  When we raise the concerns about food safety, biosecurity and protocols that we have to adhere to, we're told, “We don't care. That's just an excuse. We're going to do our job.”

Agriculture committee  Thank you.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members, for allowing me to appear here today. I've never been more nervous making a presentation. This past year has been extremely stressful: we've survived two tornadoes, which struck four of our nine farms; I had a knee shattered in June