International Trade committee  That's a good question. There are a number of things that can happen. The thing about the direct payment to farmers, as has already been described, is that it's going to help us through this difficult time of transition. It will obviously impact the revenues on the farm and the

International Trade committee  I could speak to that. To some extent of course, processors would have a better opportunity to speak to that. I did allude to this before. By not having the import quota, there's no strategic way of bringing in imports. I think it has more of an impact on processors then, becaus

International Trade committee  I can speak to it, but if Matt wants to add to it.... Yes, that is a concern. At one point, CFIA was involved in having oversight on imports. They had the expertise. When CFIA was removed from that role, CBSA was left to do the job, for which they had very little training. They

International Trade committee  It's going to have an impact beyond the number of jobs. In our province, for example, many of the veterinary clinics are focused and concentrated in areas where dairy is one of the major farms going on, so it will have an effect there. The feed mills that provide feed for dairies

International Trade committee  We would expect that we will see that from coast to coast. There's different processing in different provinces. Certainly in our province just three years ago there was a $100-million investment made into making these milk protein concentrates, and that part was for export. The o

International Trade committee  During the process of negotiations, I was part of the delegation that went to Washington, Mexico City and Montreal, following these negotiations. When the export cap was announced after the deal was signed, it came as quite a shock. Also, the U.S. oversight clause on our own dome

International Trade committee  That's correct. The use of the hormone rbST, which is a production hormone used in the U.S., is illegal in Canada because of animal health concerns. There would be no restriction of these products coming into Canada. That raises a real concern that Canadian consumers are not alwa

International Trade committee  We certainly believe that the processors should have the import TRQs. Processors will be and are much more strategic in terms of the kinds of products they bring in, and it would be less disruptive to the industry.

International Trade committee  That had a very negative impact on the processors in this country. Certainly, it's easy to calculate the market losses through that trade deal, which are the 17,000 tonnes of cheese that are being imported. Part of the effect has also been.... We can then potentially get into a d

International Trade committee  Certainly that has an impact for the Canadian marketplace. With regard to processors, again, they strategically import products, although with so much of the import quota being given to retailers in CETA, that has had a very negative impact on our industry. Again, processors are

International Trade committee  I could begin to answer your question by saying that dairy farmers are looking for a direct compensation payment to farmers. The reason is that all farms are at a different point in their financial cycle. For example, some farms have made major investments on the farm in terms o

International Trade committee  I will speak to that. After the CETA and CPTPP agreements were ratified, there was a discussion with dairy farmers and the government. For those two agreements, it was recognized—and that was by the government's own validation—that the damage was to the tune of $2 billion. That

International Trade committee  I'd like to thank you for this opportunity to speak here today. We are on a farm near Grunthal, Manitoba. That's about 80 kilometres south of Winnipeg. I am a third-generation dairy farmer. My grandparents came to Canada in the 1920s to start a new life and a family. My parents