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Agriculture committee  I think those are accurate statements. There has been an issue about fairness, especially when it comes to how some get exemptions and others do not. In addition to that, as I mentioned, 40% of what we grow goes to the United States, so there is an international competitiveness

October 24th, 2022Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  I'll let Mike answer that.

October 24th, 2022Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  Perfect. Thanks very much for the invitation to appear today and speak in favour of Bill C-234. My name is Ryan Koeslag, and I am joined today by Mike Medeiros, president of the Canadian Mushroom Growers' Association and a mushroom grower. Our association is a member of the Agri

October 24th, 2022Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  Yes, it's a very labour-intensive industry. It's probably close to 50% of the costs. Every fresh mushroom that you find in a grocery store is picked by hand.

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  I'll let Janet answer that one, but I would say that we do have major labour issues. We're always in the situation of having high vacancies in the mushroom industry and the temporary foreign workers—

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  Honestly, I can't really speak to that.

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  Definitely there are situations where farms have closed. We know in P.E.I. they've stopped growing. Yes, it's a situation where, if we look at the economies of scale for how these farms are operating, they're determining whether it's best to stay open and keep going during the

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  Essentially, look at the averages that are currently in place, without elimination of that weighted average, or at look at another option entirely. Canada can take a look at that. There are certain situations where it doesn't necessarily work to the benefit of expanding industrie

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  Yes. We spoke to the minister directly about this as well, identifying the issues with accessing these programs. There are really two major issues for us. One is that there is a cap, and these farm operations are running into the cap for the $3 million. If you think of the scale

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  There has been an opportunity, and certainly the Ontario government, too, has provided some funding for doing the online sales and creating portals for that. We have to recognize that there has been a huge burden for these farms in the costs of COVID, and, at the same time, they

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  The average cost is difficult, because there is a wide variety of types of production. Certainly, when they are having costs that high, they are putting in the maximized benefit and prevention methods: the Plexiglass, the masks, the increased housing and increased transportation.

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  That's through our 52 farms.

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  Yes and no. We probably represent over 90% of the mushrooms that are found in the grocery stores and the exports to the United States.

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  I'd say it's been a steady increase for us. There's been a lot of expansion across Canada over the last 10 years, and we've had increased exports to the United States at the same time.

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag

Agriculture committee  I apologize for that.

May 27th, 2020Committee meeting

Ryan Koeslag