Agriculture committee  When it came to our place, as we said, they snuck in at night and put cameras in. One day 50 of them made it into the barn. That was definitely a sight to see. When I saw my whole barn lined with that many people, I was thinking to myself, “What could happen here?” I mean, we we

Agriculture committee  Yes, standards were followed at our place. We had the SPCA come in right after this whole incident started in 2019. Everything was good. None of that, of course, made it to any kind of press or news. As for the way it affected us as a family, yes, for a number of years it was ba

Agriculture committee  No.

Agriculture committee  No problem.

Agriculture committee  The impact on our family is definitely something. We hold each other together. If you have family and you have friends, you have a unit. I think it would be very hard if this happened to an individual who didn't have the support system that we have. We keep each other's heads up.

Agriculture committee  This is a normal day at the office for most of you, but this is not something I enjoy much. My name is Ray Binnendyk, from Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford, B.C. We have a family-run farm that my dad started in 1977, after he moved from Holland. I am one of the owner-operators