Industry committee Or worse, when they do the analysis we think it's been very skewed to justify the outcomes they want to see.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee I think that's a big part of where the delineation point is. There are a number of things, as I say, that we would be glad to pay for to get additional service. If it's something that's a mandated requirement for the safety of Canadians, then it should be Canadians paying.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee There was that one example we had. We had a question that was about accessing the European market and whether CFIA could do something for us. They said, “Well, that's a good question. We'll look at it. Our service standard is that we will get back to you in 100 business days.” Th
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee They will come up with a response.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee No. We got the no, and then we wondered how we can....
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee Yes, I think you're right. It does seem arbitrary at times. There is a willingness to pay for services that add value. If I'm either a farmer or a packer and I need something done, and I need the government to do it because the government has a certain authority such as certifyin
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee Well, there's a constant balance. Are we encouraging cattle production and beef production in Canada, or are we encouraging that production to move to the United States because it's right there? I would echo some of the things that Dave was saying. I think the choice of large mul
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee I think there's an international thing that's happening. We've seen the new food guide that's come out that's really trying to move Canadians away from animal-based proteins. That seems to be a trend that is happening around the world. I guess to some extent Canada has just follo
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee I'm not aware that the United States is doing that or has a proposal in place.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee I think the challenge in the front-of-package labelling if they're going to fix it is they'll pick a few data points and say that this is bad, and somehow this is good. I think a lot of people who care about nutrition know that there's good fat and there's bad fat. They know ther
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee No, not that we're aware of just yet.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee It tends to be the sort of thing where, once CFIA has reviewed it and said, “This is what it'll be,” they'll put it out in a notice in the Canada Gazette, but they'll pretty much have their minds made up.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee It is complicated, for sure, and it does seem to be the trend that more and more things are going to be subject to cost recovery.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee It would be the farmer or the processor. We don't represent the packers, the companies that take a live animal and turn it into meat. In the past, it used to be that where the cost recovery would come in would be more in the value-added things, such as grading. We know there ar
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl
Industry committee Absolutely. I believe, also, that we presented that at the human resources committee.
February 19th, 2019Committee meeting
John Masswohl