Agriculture committee  I can comment on the B.C. situation. That was a provincial initiative. They did tighten up the standards, there's no question, which meant that some on-farm slaughter is no longer permitted. It does mean that there will be some additional plants coming under inspection. In fact i

Agriculture committee  In leading up to the implementation of the feed ban on July 12, we developed an audit policy and an enforcement and compliance policy, and we consulted broadly with the industry so that everyone understood exactly what the rules of the road would be in terms of compliance. A few

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. It's a very good one. The federal requirements are based on interprovincial trade and on foreign country requirements. So there are some things in those federal plants that are done because it's a requirement of the U.S., or Japan, or so on. When it

Agriculture committee  That number, 630, is for veterinarians employed by CFIA.

Agriculture committee  Basically that's the case. There are two.... Some of them are permanent; some of them are term, so they'd be hired for a year.

Agriculture committee  We do on occasion. When veterinarians in charge of isolated plants go on holidays, we have retired CFIA veterinarians who are available to come in to work.

Agriculture committee  Yes.