Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, that's something we're actively working on as we speak. We've taken a number of measures. It's going to take us.... There's still work to do. I think we're at the point now where we're managing the possible ways it can come in, to our satisfaction. Now it's about mak

Agriculture committee  These are things that are actively being worked on. Coming out of the value chain round table, the pork conversation last week is going to really help us understand where we need to focus.

Agriculture committee  From our side, we've been investing. We've taken our most talented people and put them on this file. Right now, I think we're good where we are with our resourcing of the effort. Also, if the worst were to happen, the agency has emergency management money that we would be able to

Agriculture committee  In term of programming for the industry, it's really Agriculture Canada that has to respond to that. We're just here on the regulatory side.

Agriculture committee  We've been working federally with Environment Canada as well, which has an interest in this. We talked to them right away once we understood this as a possible vector. Also, we're then working with the provinces. It's interesting. At the provincial level, you have the agricultur

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, all we can do is what we can control. We've been really focused for the last year on raising awareness, making sure that everybody is aware of the danger and the implications. That is something we can control. We've been very effective at bringing stakeholders along an

Agriculture committee  I'll start by saying we had a great example at the forum, Mr. Chair. Even a representative from China was there to talk about what was happening in that country. Also, if you're a member of OIE, there are obligations to report if you have the disease. In fact, countries have be

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, yes, there are. For those countries we're importing from, the importers have to be sure that ASF is not there. They can do it as described earlier. Either they are heat-treated ingredients before they come to Canada, or they're stored, or they come from a facility th

Agriculture committee  I think this is a good contrast with BSE, because with BSE, we really started moving once we had the problem. By contrast, we're moving before we have the problem. We're trying to think through all the scenarios and think through all the programming in advance.

Agriculture committee  I'll let Jaspinder respond, but I'll start. These are conversations we have with our trading partners.

Agriculture committee  They must have confidence that all of the risk is managed in the zones we are creating and can be confident taking product from Canada. We're thinking through the scenarios. What if it's in Manitoba where there is high-density? What if it's in a place that's remote? What will be

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I appreciate this opportunity to speak to the efforts being taken to prevent African swine fever from coming into Canada. Let me touch upon three important points when it comes to African swine fever, or ASF. First, ASF is not in Canada. Second,