International Trade committee  Without question, many aspects of this trade deal are important and are going to benefit the city of Surrey and Canada hugely. It's going to give the grain sector stability. My only issue is the instability it's going to cause within my industry and for my family. I can give you

International Trade committee  NAFTA did not include a supply-managed segment of the agricultural industry. We always knew that this was going to come up. Even before talks started, we all knew that it was going to get renegotiated. We all knew that we were going to get thrown under the bus, so to speak. It

International Trade committee  I'm just agreeing with what Mr. Vermeer said. My family has been very proud of the fact that for over 130 years, roughly, we've not taken government money. We've not had to use government money. Regarding the comment that we need to allow access to our markets because we're a t

International Trade committee  I don't think you can square that circle. During these negotiations, when dairy was brought up—because dairy's the biggest part of the supply-managed sector—we always looked at the New Zealand model. In 1984 New Zealand went broke. The International Monetary Fund forced New Zeala

International Trade committee  With this agreement, about the only way the government can help us now is by providing compensation for the loss of the value and helping the industry develop new products to regain some of our market share. As was pointed out by Mr. Vermeer, if we're standing still, we're going

International Trade committee  First, I'd like to thank the committee for inviting me here. When I first got the invitation, I wasn't quite sure why anybody would want to hear what I have to say. I'm just a farmer. I'm not a lobbyist. I'm not an expert in any field other than raising turkeys. I'd like to than