Agriculture committee  There have been discussions at various levels. I'm not in a position to confirm exactly who it was or when it happened, but what I'm telling you—

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Berthold, I work very well with Ms. Freeland. You asked the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food to appear before you. I'm telling you that my—

Agriculture committee  The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food is the one before you. I'm telling you that my mandate is to defend our Canadian producers and products. That's what I'm doing. I have an obligation to defend the quality of our Canadian canola, and I do so with all the determination in t

Agriculture committee  I also have a duty to ensure that our inspection system remains robust. It's truly a fundamental issue, and our farmers understand that very well.

Agriculture committee  I have asked for evidence. I still haven't received any. This canola shipment was inspected before and after, and there was no evidence that it did not meet Chinese requirements.

Agriculture committee  I wish I was able to launch the food policy before the summer. I'm really working hard on it and I'm very proud of the food policy. I had the chance to have a round table with different industries from the agriculture sector in Guelph last week.

Agriculture committee  That was very interesting. Talking about the food policy, there are different elements, as you know, like access. I will take for granted that you've read all the budget.

Agriculture committee  Maybe I can take this opportunity to speak a bit about the part of it that is to promote Canadian production. I think it is very important. I don't want it to be limited to a marketing strategy but really to put a lot of emphasis on building the pride and trust of Canadians when

Agriculture committee  Yes. The way that the food waste component will be deployed or rolled out is connected to what you just said, because we want to make it a challenge to really find innovative ideas that we will later on be able to scale up. This might be of interest for your team.

Agriculture committee  Last week, still in the same region, I had a chance to participate in a symposium on food security. I realized it was very diversified in the sense that we had very big processors, NGOs, food banks and farmers all in the same place, and I've been told that this network and the fa

Agriculture committee  I understand the importance of it and, as you know, my parliamentary secretary takes this file very seriously, and he is feeding me this subject. Yesterday I thought it was important to include it while talking about the canola farmers. You are right that we have to do it in col

Agriculture committee  Oh, yes.

Agriculture committee  I really wish it will turn into an opportunity, and it's a possibility as long as we are being extremely careful going forward with new measures to protect ourselves. We had the forum this week and I'm working in close collaboration with my counterpart, Secretary Perdue, as well

Agriculture committee  These are things that we have already done.