Agriculture committee  Nick, do you want to talk about the impact that you've heard about from our farmers on that or did you want me to answer? Me? Okay. We have had experiences of farms being trespassed upon. It's a very emotional experience. You're a farmer and you have your daily life. Imagine wa

Agriculture committee  That's fine.

Agriculture committee  I have one. I think what Nick talked about at the very beginning of the presentation was the concept of having FPT recognition of our animal care programs. Many of the animal care sectors throughout Canada, if not most, have very vigorous and in many cases mandatory on-farm food

Agriculture committee  Yes, there has been an increase in on-farm protests, and it's new. It's something that's a new kind of phenomenon with respect to protesting. We believe wholeheartedly that people have the right to protest and to peacefully demonstrate in a public space, but once these actions st

Agriculture committee  Back in 2004, Canada suffered one of its most significant avian influenza outbreaks. I remember Dr. Evans from back then, and also from the one in 2009. It was a very significant outbreak. It wound up that our producers in British Columbia were not allowed to restock their barn

Agriculture committee  It's no trouble at all. We have seen an increase in activist activity on the farm, as you noted earlier. This is very disruptive, not only for farmer's way of doing business but also for mental health and other considerations. I think it's important to remember that farmers ha

Agriculture committee  Nick, did you want me to answer that?

Agriculture committee  I think anything that helps people understand how important it is to maintain flock health, in our case, or animal health is going to be valuable. We need to ensure that people understand that farms are not the farms of old. These are well-established operations with on-farm food