Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. That file has taken up a lot of our time over the past year, and even beyond that. You probably already know that ministers have received a report from a group of industry members who are working together to prepare a proposal to be submitted to the g

Agriculture committee  Not a lot, but I'd like to note that there is a program called the “local food infrastructure fund”. The idea there is that it can be almost anything to support local food infrastructure. Even refrigeration, in some communities, can be an extremely meaningful investment. As an

Agriculture committee  Just to agree with what Tom has said, it is a just-in-time system. Throughout the pandemic, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has been engaged with its stakeholders very proactively. Early on, there were weekly calls; now they've sort of tapered off. Now there's a group called the

Agriculture committee  Hello, chair and committee. I'm very happy to join you for the first time in my new capacity. I might add that my new title has been changed very recently to director general of supply chains, so it just sort of emphasizes the importance of supply chains in our department and t