Agriculture committee  Mr. Rodrigue, can you answer the question?

Agriculture committee  I need a clarification. Do you want to know how much the loss is right now?

Agriculture committee  To tell you the truth, I feel the program should be called something else, because it is not about a recovery. It is more about preventing one. Right now, support is focused on euthanasia. But what producer will be able to continue for long if they do not receive revenue for thei

Agriculture committee  Our program is certainly not designed to provide protection against external shocks, such as trade wars, for example. We have to see what the best tool is, but we need to successfully help producers in the event of trade shocks outside the market. Of course, it would be appropria

Agriculture committee  I will start by making a comment. The issue is often raised in connection with the World Trade Organization—

Agriculture committee  Okay. I hope this will be better.

Agriculture committee  I was saying that, in terms of what is happening commercially, we are wondering whether 85% will be enough. The U.S. producers, our main competitors, are getting money directly. In our view, it creates unfair competition. We participate in the same markets as the Americans. It pu

Agriculture committee  There are different tools. It does not replace the government, but when the government makes certain decisions, we can step in, as we did for country of origin labelling. We stepped in to prevent that from happening again. That is one option. I am not saying that it should be use

Agriculture committee  As was presented earlier, the big problem is that many costs incurred by producers can be attributed to the fact that they have to keep their pigs longer. Rather than focusing on euthanasia and having the money to buy a shovel to bury meat that could be used, producers should be

Agriculture committee  I will let Mr. Rodrigue tell us what parts of the program could be improved.

Agriculture committee  Yes, that is the information we have.

Agriculture committee  Yes, we have managed to reduce the number of pigs to be euthanized. However, the issue has not been resolved in all parts of Canada. You are familiar with Mr. Rick Bergmann. He said he will have to euthanize animals this week. That is the situation in Canada.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will provide the opening remarks. On behalf of Les Éleveurs de porcs du Québec, I thank you for this opportunity to share our concerns and our expectations regarding risk management programs. My name is René Roy and I am a pig farmer in the Chaudière-App