Agriculture committee  I think for the further processed items—the dinners, the entrees, the canned goods—all the regulations allow us to ship interprovincially. The problem arises when somebody in, say, New Brunswick wants to ship to Nova Scotia and their product doesn't meet those national regulation

Agriculture committee  From time to time, we're told that a company doesn't like this regulation, doesn't like that regulation, because it's a barrier to their growth. But it's a national standard. We might come back to those companies and say that if they really feel that they're hard done by, then th

Agriculture committee  Yes. For asparagus, peas, tomatoes, or whatever is coming off the field, God makes the decision when it's going to be ready for harvesting, right? You have to be able to get your labour in really quickly. Now, the producers are able to get temporary foreign workers for seasonal

Agriculture committee  No.

Agriculture committee  Yes, the fish industry does a fairly good job, but that's because all of those importers are licensed and there is a responsibility there and there is accountability. We've seen cereals from the southern U.S, canned tomato products, BBQ sauces, and all of those kinds of product

Agriculture committee  We have 100 companies.

Agriculture committee  Oh, I have no idea. But I know where you're going and I'd love to get into that conversation.

Agriculture committee  There are two sides to this. One is the seasonal labour we require. If you're processing fruits and vegetables, often you will need temporary workers to come in and they have to be there on demand. When the asparagus is ready to be—

Agriculture committee  Most of my members' brands are not big enough or powerful enough to be counterfeited in China. If you were Nestlé Quik or any of those kinds of brands, that's where you would really see it. Because the enforcement in China is different and is quite lax compared to North America,

Agriculture committee  Some of the products are now licensed; importers are licensed. For example, in the fish industry, all of those importers are licensed. That system works really quite well. All the registered plants where we make food in this country are licensed, de facto. That works out quite

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chairman, I'm sure there's somebody here with a tape recorder.

Agriculture committee  I'll be welcomed back any time. Listen, there are a couple of things. Number one, I think probably they get graded more on how they inspect plants than they do on putting people at the border. You can monitor the border in a lot of ways. One is if you license the importers.

Agriculture committee  No.

Agriculture committee  That's right.

Agriculture committee  It's an attitude thing. Now, the agency is very good when I make a complaint. They're very good to jump on it. But when my companies complain, it's not so quick. They have other things to worry about. But you're quite right: you need accountability. In the United States, if we