Agriculture committee  I have really good news about it. We applied to have Canada recognized as a negligible BSE risk country. The OIE's scientific commission has a made a positive recommendation. The next stage is for the council to formally approve the recommendation. Nevertheless, the scientific c

Agriculture committee  Thank you. First, I would say that the price on pollution is a very important tool for us to meet our targets of reducing—

Agriculture committee  I wanted to say first that the price on pollution is a very important tool for us as a country to meet our goals and to do our fair share to protect our environment and fight against climate change. When we did all the calculations with the data provided by the industry and the

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Actually, the AAFC is not the right department to gather that data. I know that the committee will be studying the issue around Bill C-206. We will be interested in getting that data from all of the different organizations or groups that will be studying the subject.

Agriculture committee  I think it's interesting. I'll be pleased to look into it.

Agriculture committee  I'm always open to collaboration.

Agriculture committee  Once again, some tools are already available to protect the fresh produce industry in case they have a client who is not paying them because of bankruptcy. There are the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the safe food for Canadians regulations. Through these, processes are availa

Agriculture committee  The labour shortage was there before COVID, and it will still be there after COVID. We are working on different streams. Immigration is one, and we want to make our foreign workers, migrant workers program more efficient. This is one thing. Investing in automation is another way

Agriculture committee  No, I don’t want to fall into that trap, which is always tempting. All I can say is that these issues are clearly on my radar.

Agriculture committee  I'm pleased to report that we've added $10 million. The fund increased from $77.5 million to $87.5 million through internal transfers. So it wasn't a request for supplementary estimates, and that's why you don't necessarily see it in the 2020-21 supplementary estimates (C). So I

Agriculture committee  As I told my colleagues in English a few minutes ago, COVID-19 has allowed us to see how strong and resilient our food supply system is; however, it has also allowed us to identify weaknesses and discover that our regional supply chains are more scarce in certain sectors, includi

Agriculture committee  Yes. You will remember that we first announced $100 million to food banks. We have been working with five major networks that have partners all across the country, including in the north and in our indigenous communities. With the second round of $100 million, we decided that i

Agriculture committee  Absolutely. The first step in my game plan was to announce compensation to dairy farmers in a very clear way. You'll recall that initially the investment programs received $250 million, then an additional $1.75 billion. We also reduced the timeline to four years because we wante

Agriculture committee  Yes. Thank you. I think this program was extremely important. In the beginning, we announced $50 million in support of the producers and the employers of temporary foreign workers so they could have $1,500 per worker to cover additional costs related to the 14-day isolation peri