Agriculture committee  I think the problem is that the vehicle the federal government uses to move money quickly and efficiently gets to be very cumbersome. About a year ago, we had a situation in Prince Edward Island when we had applied for AgriRecovery. It's a long process to get that money, but when

Agriculture committee  Yes, the retail business today is very insecure. The number that we don't even pay a lot of attention to is the food service potatoes that are not going anywhere right now and are simply being saturated into the fresh market. That's causing great concern. The reduction in the pro

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you here today. I am the chairman of the United Potato Growers of Canada. Our farm operates a growing and fresh pack operation delivering potatoes on a daily basis to chain stores and, in the past, to food service, when i