Agriculture committee  Exactly. Mr. Léger Bourgoin made this point earlier. Reciprocity of standards is also having a negative impact. In the spring, when we're getting the first harvest ready for the summer, competing with the growers in the U.S., Mexico and elsewhere is really tough because their pr

Agriculture committee  Here's what happened at the beginning of the season, in June, when the green onions came out. The price of greenhouse-grown and transplant green onions was set based on a certain cost. The harvest cost alone was less than what the grocery chains offered to pay, and that doesn't i

Agriculture committee  To begin with, the price is negotiated well in advance. I mean months in advance. To know the going price of a product at the right time, taking into account when the store flyer will come out, you need a crystal ball. The grocery store negotiates with two or three suppliers at

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Quebec's produce growers believe that food security, which includes price inflation, should be recognized as a key issue by our governments. The invasion of Ukraine, shortages of raw materials and successive interest rate hikes have

Agriculture committee  I don't know the difference between the two. I'll let you make that decision in an informed way.

Agriculture committee  If I may, I'd like to respond to you on risk management. I agree with Ms. Ward on the AgriStability program that it would take a majority of provinces to sign on to for changes to occur. When we hear about a 100% rate to increase AgriStability margins, we find that incomprehensi

Agriculture committee  Last fall, farms had to deal with this situation. The labour market impact assessments were approved. We were lucky because it happened at the end of the season, when they went to Montreal to work for construction companies. Unfortunately, what we are experiencing now is that po

Agriculture committee  We believe that, yes, it could provide effective solutions. As long as there are concrete and quick results, we aren't opposed to other ideas. We see the creation of a commissioner's office as an idea that could get us out of this situation.

Agriculture committee  I would ask Mr. Léger Bourgoin to complete my answer.

Agriculture committee  We would like [Technical difficulty—Editor], but we aren't hearing [Technical difficulty—Editor] of promises or anything so far. This is our solution. It's a solution [Technical difficulty—Editor].

Agriculture committee  Yes, absolutely.

Agriculture committee  We have a vegetable innovation fund that is taking shape. This fund will be used only for research to produce field vegetables. We are currently limited in what we can offer our members, but this project will change everything.

Agriculture committee  We would like nothing better than to have a joint committee of those three departments. We've done the same thing on our side. We've created a committee that brings together the Union des producteurs agricoles, or UPA, the Quebec Produce Growers Association, or QPGA, and the Fond

Agriculture committee  Mr. Léger Bourgoin, could you answer that?

Agriculture committee  We have to be careful. We don't really endorse—