Agriculture committee  This is why we want to work with the sector on market development. They are asking us to use part of the money we have for compensation on market development. More widely, we are working a lot in collaboration with Minister Ng, the Minister of International Trade, to diversify ou

Agriculture committee  When we talk about the milk, eggs and chickens under supply management, they are not sectors that are mainly oriented on export. It's the idea behind supply management. Nevertheless, we are doing research and working on innovation to see if we can find new markets for products th

Agriculture committee  This is a discussion we have to have with the industry.

Agriculture committee  What we are doing to help people face the increase in the cost of food is normally through different social programs like the Canada child benefit, but during COVID, we realized that more families were facing challenges to feed their families. This is why we have invested, up to

Agriculture committee  This is a matter for my colleagues at the Department of Finance. You know what we've been doing over the last nine months as emergency programs have taken up all the space. In that context, the extension of the TDCS for five years is good news.

Agriculture committee  No. We have a team here that is very experienced in terms of following up on our trade agreements, and I don't see any concerns with our being able to follow up on our engagement and commitment to compensate them for the market.

Agriculture committee  Annette might want to add something, but this is not something that falls under federal jurisdiction. I would be tempted to say that the provinces might have a word to say on that. Annette, do you want to add on—

Agriculture committee  The idea behind the compensation is to compensate them for markets they have lost, so whether they fall under the producers or the processors.... This is maybe something that will be interesting to pay attention to while we design the compensation program.

Agriculture committee  It comes at the end of the process. It's five years, so it comes to these numbers after five years.

Agriculture committee  These producers ask us for investment programs. I don't know much about poultry farming, but I can imagine that some producers will want to invest in a better heating system or in equipment that will allow them to be more productive, more efficient and more competitive. They will

Agriculture committee  This was particularly well received by dairy farmers. What we committed to paying them over an eight-year horizon will now be paid over a four-year horizon. They know exactly how much they're going to receive over the next three years, so this predictability, which they wanted, i

Agriculture committee  It is too much to ask.

Agriculture committee  The current wording of the bill certainly raises questions, but we will have the opportunity to discuss it further.

Agriculture committee  The agreement has been signed, and there is no reason to make other concessions. It has been signed, and Canadians....

Agriculture committee  I am sure that the way tariff rate quotas have been implemented is in line with the agreement we signed. We will....