Agriculture committee  I believe Ms. Rood discussed the important part earlier. I'm referring to the motion she introduced, to the effect that the federal budget should take into account the portion that falls to agriculture. That part should be representative of our contribution, whether it be to our

Agriculture committee  First, you'd have to conduct more inspections. That's basically it. A very small number of inspections are conducted in customs. Second, in Canada, we really rely on societal and environmental standards that don't have any scientific basis, for example. That's really a disadvant

Agriculture committee  It's not just the United States. I'm thinking about what's happening with beets and the pesticide Nortron, as well as the problems we had with PMRA. The beets on the Canadian market come from Mexico. Mexico has no problem using the herbicide Betamix, the former product, or the n

Agriculture committee  Yes, that's correct.

Agriculture committee  I'm going to put the question to Ms. Lessard, from the association's agronomy sector. I'm sure we have documents we could provide you with. We've had many meetings with representatives of Financière agricole du Québec. We definitely have information that we can send you.

Agriculture committee  They've done more than talk about it. Some got out of production in the fall. We were involved in the reporting on La semaine verte, which was broadcast last Sunday. Two farmers have left the sector, and another is thinking about it. A lot of farmers are reducing the acreage of t

Agriculture committee  They're leasing their fields to other field crop producers or cultivating them themselves. It depends on their equipment.

Agriculture committee  Yes, you accurately interpreted them.

Agriculture committee  First, what makes fruit and vegetables a complex sector is the fact that insurance has to cover all the vegetables that we produce, which isn't the case today. Some protections aren't available for certain niche vegetables or small vegetables. Second, the producer pays a contrib

Agriculture committee  What we're now hearing from provincial representatives is that, to qualify for AgriRecovery assistance, losses must be related to production deficiencies that are covered by crop insurance. As you said earlier, crop insurance covers only 30% of our final cost. We should have a p

Agriculture committee  Yes, it will have consequences.

Agriculture committee  Considering the summer we had in Quebec, I'd say crop insurance is the essential program to re-evaluate and modify immediately. We're lacking a program, a farm disaster program. No such thing currently exists. It would apply to incidents associated with climate change, since the

Agriculture committee  I entirely agree.

Agriculture committee  First, PMRA takes way too long to make decisions on emergency approvals and all types of special approvals. We saw this in the carrots case, and we're experiencing it now with beets. Pesticides have been pulled from the market without any alternatives being offered. These decisi

Agriculture committee  We don't have that figure for the moment. Our producers aren't there yet. However, I'd like to go back to the subject that the previous witnesses discussed. The reciprocity of standards is very important. If we're prepared to accept products that come from outside our borders a