Agriculture committee  Yes, that is why you on the committee have heard from representatives of Canadian pork and milk producers as well as from other groups. We all feel that it is important to discourage this kind of behaviour, in the interests of health and biosecurity. We are not opposed to people

Agriculture committee  Of course. First, I would say that most cases of the mistreatment of animals in Quebec happen with people who are not farmers. They are dog breeders, kennel owners or horse owners who do not have the means to look after their horses properly. The Quebec Department of Agriculture

Agriculture committee  Sure, they could. Inspectors from the department would then go to the premises.

Agriculture committee  Yes. In addition, we have sent notes to all farmers with a view to preventing situations like that. We have told them that, if ever that situation happens on their farms, they must not try to deal with the situation themselves and they must call the police instead. We have given

Agriculture committee  No, none to my knowledge.

Agriculture committee  There will be severe penalties. If I recall correctly, if demonstrators do not abide by the injunction, they will be in breach of a court injunction and could even be imprisoned as a result. That is the legislation that applies when an injunction prohibits someone from carrying o

Agriculture committee  No. But, as I mentioned, we were ready to help the Porgreg farm. The Union des producteurs agricoles has a professional defence fund to support measures that producers might initiate. We can then create a body of case law that will allow us to better protect producers in general

Agriculture committee  The owners of the farm decided not to pursue legal proceedings because they did not want to continue with a presence on social media and to be the object of threats, as had been the case beforehand. These groups, which I call terrorist groups, operate so as to frighten their vict

Agriculture committee  Will I have the opportunity to come back to this, perhaps during the time for questions?

Agriculture committee  For us, it is essential. As Mr. Ference was saying, we really appreciate the fact that it applies all across Canada and gives some minimal protection to producers in provinces that do not yet have regulations. In terms of fines, I believe that one of the items that should be add

Agriculture committee  Committee members, Mr. Chair, we are also very pleased to have been invited to testify before you. Rather than dealing with aspects of health and biosecurity, given that that has already been fully discussed and that there has been a good deal of eloquent testimony since this co

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I apologize for taking your time, but this is probably the last time I'll be able to speak. So I'd just like to mention to the committee that foreign workers aren't goods that we import. They're humans. We are welcoming humans into our country, and they should be treated as such.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You raise a very good point. We'd like there to be an agreement between both governments so that only one is responsible for these audits. Ideally, for us, it would be the Government of Quebec that would assume that responsibility.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In the case of farm workers, we are very much in favour of having the permit apply to more than one company. It would then be a sectoral permit. It would simplify things a lot and would avoid the need for a second permit.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Here, some employees come to pick apples and then go to prune Christmas trees. Others arrive earlier, and they pick asparagus before going to other agricultural sectors. In agriculture, some seasons are relatively short, depending on the production. So that the workers—