International Trade committee  After the last trade agreement, the CUSMA trade agreement, was completed, the access for Canadian chicken was at 10.8%.

International Trade committee  Supply management basically operates under three pillars. Under the import control pillar, we have controls on pricing and we set volumes. As I indicated before, the volumes are set through a board of directors, which has processes for the processors and food services as well. Th

International Trade committee  The big benefit is that you're supporting Canadians. When we take a look at it, this is not just about farmers. Our farmers are in 10 different provinces, and we're in the rural communities. Many of those rural communities depend on supply management, whether it's implement deale

International Trade committee  Bill C-282 will give people the confidence to invest in farms. It'll give the confidence for them to start up smaller farms. Certainly, with smaller farms, we do have the advantage of.... With supply management, we have very rigorous food safety and animal care programs. That goe

International Trade committee  If I understand, you're asking what percentage I would have to lose before I could no longer function.

International Trade committee  Like I said before, I'm not sure what that point of no return is. That's the problem with it. We've been fortunate that we've had growth within our sector, but I certainly don't want to give my growth away, and I don't want to give what I already have. My concern always lies wit

International Trade committee  From a dollar perspective as to what I would have to set aside, or just what I do have to set aside, I don't know what the future holds as far as new innovation is concerned. I certainly have sons who are looking at that type of thing. Certainly, I need to have the confidence t

International Trade committee  Thank you. Certainly food security is a great bonus that we have within the supply management sector. If you take a look at Avian influenza and its impacts across the country, we have production in all 10 provinces. We had cases in seven provinces, yet we were still able to main

International Trade committee  That's a good question, because I'm the older guy on the farm now. I have three sons who are there. Certainly they take the approach that supply management offers up the stability for them to have investment in the farm. When we take a look at some of the investments that we've m

International Trade committee  I will say that all parties have openly stated that they support our supply management system, and we're thankful for the support that we have. I guess the concern we have is that, every time we go into a trade agreement or trade negotiation, we stand the risk of losing market a

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. My name is Tim Klompmaker. I'm a chicken farmer from Norwood, Ontario, and chair of Chicken Farmers of Canada. Supply management is the reason why I am a farmer. My parents took over the farm from my grandparents in 1972, and supply management was the rea

Agriculture committee  We look at production volumes on an eight-week basis, so every eight weeks we set that production volume.

Agriculture committee  Given the fact that the majority of the product that would come in would probably be frozen, it has a potential to sit in freezers for a year. So, if we had product coming in until June, it could, potentially, have impacts on us until June 2024. It's not just within the time fram

Agriculture committee  From a farmer's perspective, once a flock is diagnosed with AI, automatically the farmer is basically removed from even entering their barns and that. CFIA takes control of it and they put a quarantine in place around that facility. Once that occurs, then the CFIA will order thos

Agriculture committee  With avian influenza, I've seen first-hand what that impact is on some of our farmers in Canada. Certainly we have stringent processes. When we have a case diagnosed on a farm, that farm is automatically shut down and CFIA steps in and—