These comments are direct quotations from the Hansard
documents.
Labelling Provisions
Mr. Charles Hubbard (Miramichi,
Lib.): Mr. Speaker, supply management has worked very well in this
country for some 40 years and our party has consistently supported supply
management.
Today we find that some
processors are bringing in protein additives in the processing process
with cheese and other products.
How is our government
dealing with this issue? How can our dairy farmers benefit from this
problem that is being created by outside sources?
Hon. Andy Mitchell
(Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, as I
mentioned in answer to a previous question, we are vigorously defending
supply management in the broadest sense to the WTO.
We are also taking some
measures though that are more specific than that. We are launching an
appeal under the CITT. We are taking a very close look at some labelling
provisions. We are looking at the issue of standards. As we do the
increased monitoring and we see the impact of these importations we will
take action according to the circumstances.
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