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Foreign Affairs committee  That's a good question, and a very broad one. I think there's give-and-take in any policy like this. We know that Canada has about 1% of global emissions and that agriculture represents about 10% of Canada's emissions. However, our producers aren't producing widgets: They're gro

November 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

Foreign Affairs committee  It's very risky, absolutely.

November 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

Foreign Affairs committee  Domestically what Canada can do is make sure that our regulatory system is allowing, for example, gene-edited varieties of plants onto the market in a timely manner, because they have the ability to deal with the use of far less inputs, whether in dealing with water or dealing wi

November 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

Foreign Affairs committee  That's well said. Yes, policy often goes further than dollars do. When we look at our country, the issues we have in Canada seem sometimes silly relative to the issues we're hearing about today with the Middle East. Canada needs to do a number of things. One is that we need to m

November 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, it could be.... I think that 2023 was likely the most expensive crop year ever planted for Canadian farmers. The cost of inputs—whether fertilizer, seed or crop protection products—has never been higher, so we're certainly seeing farmers pinched in a way that they haven't be

November 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

Foreign Affairs committee  It's our understanding that there's a mechanism in place to return the money, but it's also our understanding that none of that money has yet been returned. It's just a commitment to make that return. We certainly wouldn't want to speak to how the government does diplomacy with

November 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. On our exports, we haven't noticed a huge.... Canada is the global leader. We export about 60% of the world's canola. Sunflower is certainly part of the broader oilseed complex. Ukrainian production of sunflower is far less than Canadian production. Australia is our bigges

November 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. We're supportive of the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. Ukraine is a competitor globally; however, we know we have a huge diaspora of Ukrainians in western Canada. A lot of western Canadian farmers are of Ukrainian descent. We're agnostic about the benefits for our sect

November 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

Foreign Affairs committee  Thanks for the question. Absolutely. For canola, for example, nitrogen is the second most important input after moisture. If we do not have nitrogen, we cannot grow a canola crop, and canola is a heart-healthy cooking oil. It figures prominently in biofuels, etc., and meal, par

November 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

Foreign Affairs committee  The war highlights the importance of strengthening our multilateral trading system to ensure it remains relevant in our increasingly unpredictable world and contributes to a further breaking down of barriers to trade. For example, the WTO underpins our global trading system, prov

November 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

Finance committee  There's certainly been a lot of rhetoric about this. Interswitching has been used in Canada since the 1900s. Railways are consistently switching the locomotives or train cars. Actually, every shipment that goes to the port of Vancouver, whether it's CP or CN, ultimately gets put

May 18th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

International Trade committee  I'll maybe ask my colleague, Janelle, who does a lot of work with international institutions, to provide her perspective.

May 15th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

International Trade committee  Just quickly, without the biofuel market in the EU, our exports there would be almost non-existent to the European Union, given the way they treat biotechnology and crop-protection products. All of our canola that's destined for the European Union is destined for the biofuel mark

May 15th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

International Trade committee  It really depends on what you're exporting it for. If you export canola as a seed for crushing, it could be used in any way that jurisdiction uses it, as appropriate. There is intellectual property attached to the creation of that seed variety, and that is often patented. Our no

May 15th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey

International Trade committee  Yes, I think the Japanese are watching closely the investments in the crush plants in Saskatchewan that you alluded to. We have a long-standing relationship with the Japanese. It's a very stable and important market. The Japanese are certainly interested in importing raw seed, an

May 15th, 2023Committee meeting

Dave Carey