Agriculture committee  I would agree fully with what my colleague Roger has said. Access to the business risk management programs and other carbon-pricing program funds would all be very helpful for our sectors to also continue to make further investments in our industries. The mitigation programs that

Agriculture committee  The labour issues at our processing and hatchery friends' businesses are really their area of expertise. We do work closely with them, so we can confirm that they definitely have those issues. I also think that the thing to remember is that they're spread across the entire coun

Agriculture committee  Basically, we've been investing in our supply chains by increasing barn space, as well as reducing the environmental footprint, along with a lot of other things focused on food safety and animal care issues for our industries over the last number of years. That has been our focus

Agriculture committee  I don't know if our members have used a lot of the programs for COVID-19 with AAFC. I'm sure there's more money that has gone into the processing sectors than directly to farmers. Drew, do you have anything to add?

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, vice-chairs and honourable members of the committee. My name is Brian Bilkes and I am the chair of the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers. Joining me today is our executive director, Drew Black. Our farmers supply fertilized broiler hatching e