Industry committee  I think it's still relevant, because it could give us additional flexibility at a time of uncertainty that will linger for months to come.

Industry committee  From what I understand, it's a regulatory process, so it would require an amendment to the Canadian Dairy Commission Act.

Industry committee  The reason we think the Canadian Dairy Commission's borrowing capacity should be increased is that it would allow more products to be stored. That's still relevant today. From what we understand, the Department of Finance is still studying the matter. But the situation has evolv

Industry committee  Mr. Perron, we saw the impact this had after the agreement with Europe was signed, where half the quotas went to retailers and distributors. That meant we lost half the quotas, as we mentioned. Our margins were also affected, because it displaced Canadian and Quebec products tha

Industry committee  Good question. We're still waiting. We hope it's coming. Producers got some compensation for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP. We're still waiting, but we have high hopes that it will come very soon.

Industry committee  I can answer that question. I'm Gilles Froment, secretary of the Dairy Processors Association of Canada. I think you're right. COVID-19 is having a very clear impact on all of our businesses. For the three agreements we've signed, namely the agreement with Europe, the Trans-Paci

Industry committee  Clearly, all along we had discussion on the compensation. Last summer we got into the discussion when CUSMA was going to be implemented, and we were promised a compensation package that never came. Now we're into a COVID-19 environment. There was a rush to sign the agreement. I t

Industry committee  We cannot come here today without putting in broader context the impact of COVID on the dairy sector. At full implementation, when considering the last three trade agreements, Canadian dairy processors will lose about $320 million per year on net margin. On top of the market acc

Agriculture committee  Our understanding from the start has been that the agreement will come into force the first day of the third month after the last country has ratified.

Agriculture committee  Yes, exactly. It just happens that the last country is Canada, because my understanding is that Mexico and the U.S. have already completed their processes.

Agriculture committee  About 20,000 tonnes would be lost, in products like skim milk powder or milk protein concentrates. That represents between $10 million and $15 million or more, depending on how the losses are valued. As we said in our testimony, we believe that the government could easily say th

Agriculture committee  I can address that question. I was certainly more involved in my role. I joined Lactalis four years ago. In my previous involvement in the dairy industry I was not involved in the process, but I would say that it was probably similar, in terms of information. Typically, the in

Agriculture committee  I can definitely start. Our company works in many countries—in 50 different countries, actually—but Canada is number two or three in the group in terms of sales, so Canada's very important, a lot bigger than our operation in the U.S. I have to say that, when our fight in Canada..

Agriculture committee  To mitigate the negative impacts of CUSMA, we propose a two-pronged approach: first, the issuance of dairy import licences to Canadian dairy processors; second, an investment program in the dairy processing sector. With regard to the allocation of quotas, we want to reiterate to

Agriculture committee  As the second-largest food processing industry in Canada, dairy processing contributes more than $14 billion annually to Canada's national economy. Dairy processors directly employ over 24,000 Canadians in 471 facilities across the country, with a payroll of $1.2 billion. Our in