Finance committee  It's 200,000.

Finance committee  In our request, we would go beyond having a pause. With regard to the carbon tax on farms, if you have a look at the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, APAS—the president is Todd Lewis—you'll see they've done some fantastic number-crunching. They came out with nu

Finance committee  Can I add something? I just want to point out that, as you say, you're a city kid and I'm a country kid, and I think what a lot of people don't understand about agriculture is that it's a lot like the stock market, in that when you go to buy or sell something on the stock market,

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I haven't heard specifically on credit unions, but Scott may have. We have heard for sure that in Quebec in particular—and Martin spoke to this—because of their corporate structure within those farms, they're unable to tap into that money. They don't have the employment figure,

Finance committee  Sorry. You cut out there. I thought it was my Internet going.

Finance committee  Thank you so much for this question, Mr. Fraser. You will have received from the clerk our emergency preparedness document. I think on page 3 of that document we outline some measures that we suggest be taken in regard to the recruitment of agri-food workers to address this labo

Finance committee  I don't think we have a shortage of capacity to do that. I talked to Todd Lewis the other day, and he assured me that on his farm alone, he has enough flour to feed P.E.I. for at least two years. Wayne, we'll be in cinnamon rolls for another two years anyhow. Certainly this sh

Finance committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Poilievre. Carbon tax implications on farm are just simply whittling away our bottom line. We are a price-taking part of the economy. We don't have any opportunity to get paid more or pass the costs on that we face. APAS has done some wonderful nu

Agriculture committee  I'm well, Patrick. How are you?

Agriculture committee  It's good to see you.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the committee. We appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today. My name is Mary Robinson, and I farm. Mine is a sixth-generation family farm in P.E.I., and I am the president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the largest general fa

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question, John. Well, when we look at our pork sector, they had estimated that in order for them to.... Obviously, none of the requests that are included in the $2.6 billion are people's expectations of coming out of this whole. What we're looking at is that we

Agriculture committee  I didn't come prepared to speak to the carbon tax today. I did come prepared to speak about COVID. I think we want to convey the message that we are keen to continue working with government. Hopefully, we will see some real momentum and traction here and we'll be able to find mec

Agriculture committee  We, too, saw those numbers. Just to put a real number on it, that's probably 30,000 farms that we're facing losing due to COVID this year. As for the impact of that, certainly we will feel it on food, but rural Canada will certainly feel it beyond food. Agriculture is the fabric