Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for your efforts to speak French, Mr. Blois. I'm grateful to you for that. In fact, the 21st meeting with my provincial and territorial counterparts will be held tomorrow. The priority topics for discussion include the labour shortage and African swine fever

Agriculture committee  Thank you, everyone.

Agriculture committee  Yes, I'm having conversations on this topic to make sure that while it ensures that our Canadian agriculture is sustainable, it won't have any undesirable impacts on our producers. This is something we are following closely.

Agriculture committee  Yes. Thank you. In my answers to Mr. Louis a bit earlier, I had the opportunity to talk about all the investments we make in science, and in innovation as well, and about how we're very proud of our research centres. This is why we continue to invest in them. We have even reopen

Agriculture committee  Yes. This is a very, very important priority for me. We are following this extremely closely, working with the provinces and working with the industry. We are doing everything we can, first to prevent the disease from entering the country and, second, to be ready, if ever it come

Agriculture committee  You said that no significant money has been going into agriculture, but I don't agree. I think we've put quite a bit into agriculture. I really look forward to seeing what consensus we will find tomorrow. The federal government has been quite generous in its transfers to the pr

Agriculture committee  I've been working with them for a while. This is why we were able to bring in 85% of the workers this summer, even if the borders were closed. We have put in place important supports, starting with the $50 million for the isolation period and $35 million for the retrofits by empl

Agriculture committee  Well, tomorrow I am going to have what will be my 21st meeting with my provincial and territorial counterparts. We've been discussing business risk management at almost every meeting. We are sharing our views and our best ideas, and we have all worked hard to analyze the strength

Agriculture committee  I'm sorry. I know a bit about this issue; it was just that I'm not using translation, so I'm doing my best. This is something we are following up on, but I think that the safe food for Canadians regulations are already a good step in the right direction to support them, giving u

Agriculture committee  The meeting will be held tomorrow, so I won't prejudge anything. That's not bad faith, Mr. Perron.

Agriculture committee  You don't negotiate in public. I still hope we can reach an agreement tomorrow to improve the AgriStability program.

Agriculture committee  Yes, the program's quite popular. We've supported more than 550 businesses, including 100 or so in Quebec. I'm sure you passed on the information to the people in your region as soon as the program was announced. We're currently considering how we could expand and improve the pr

Agriculture committee  Yes, thank you. You will remember a few years ago we announced the transfer to provinces of $5 billion for mental health, and I know that in Quebec, Minister Lamontagne, maybe a year ago, announced a few hundred million dollars for an initiative for farmers, although I don't rem

Agriculture committee  This is a very exciting program. I know that $20 million will be distributed through a challenge. We are inviting organizations of different types, and partnerships as well, to submit their best ideas in terms of business models for how to reduce waste or redirect food. It's a ve

Agriculture committee  Thank you. There are shared responsibilities between the provinces and the federal government on this issue, of course. You know about the $77.5-million program that we have provided to the processors to help them put the right measures in place to protect their workers. When