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International Trade committee  The administrative measures are feasible. They are to mitigate the impact of the caps. I think it's important to understand, just to build on something that was said earlier, that the U.S. overproduces 15% in dairy, and their strategy—and they're very open about it—is to positi

February 24th, 2020Committee meeting

Jacques Lefebvre

International Trade committee  Mr. Arya, if that is the measure for any agreement, then I'm quite concerned.

February 24th, 2020Committee meeting

Jacques Lefebvre

International Trade committee  Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We created an innovation strategy with dairy processors, and the government was well aware of the creation of this strategy. In fact, we were encouraged to do so. However, that strategy was conceded in the agreement with the United States and Mexico, w

February 24th, 2020Committee meeting

Jacques Lefebvre

International Trade committee  Yes, absolutely. Our hope is that the government.... We presume that CUSMA will be ratified. Assuming it is ratified, our expectation would be that compensation would be announced at that time and would include the impact of the caps on the exports.

February 24th, 2020Committee meeting

Jacques Lefebvre

International Trade committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Savard-Tremblay. A lot of people say a lot of good things about supply management, but the reality is that when you concede almost one-fifth of your milk production to foreign producers and at the same time—exports being one of the tools that com

February 24th, 2020Committee meeting

Jacques Lefebvre

International Trade committee  To address your first comment, we do react a little bit. We understand that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Perdue indicated clearly that the Americans were not interested in supply management. They were interested in an innovation strategy that had been adopted in Canada. With re

February 24th, 2020Committee meeting

Jacques Lefebvre

International Trade committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Berthold. Throughout the negotiation, there were information sessions. There were also consultations on certain items. However, we weren't consulted regarding the magnitude of the export thresholds. These thresholds would apply beyond the signato

February 24th, 2020Committee meeting

Jacques Lefebvre

International Trade committee  The comment made be the Deputy Prime Minister concerned a fairly wide range of people. We're producers, but we aren't the only producers. As for us, the Dairy Farmers of Canada, we weren't consulted on these measures.

February 24th, 2020Committee meeting

Jacques Lefebvre