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House Hansard - 320

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 29, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Yves Perron
  • May/29/24 10:56:13 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I hope that we will not have any nasty surprises over the summer holidays. That is good. Now I want to talk about the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, or CFIA. Right now there is a major problem in the duck industry, 80% of which is concentrated in Quebec. As for duck liver, 100% of that industry is in Quebec. Again, this agency is not collaborating. I would also point out to the minister that the two agencies I am talking about, the PMRA and the CFIA, do not seem to be in regular communication with one another. We often see things like that in government institutions, and it is a big problem. Currently, people involved in duck farming need to import breeding stock from France, where there has been a massive vaccination program. There is one supplier who does not vaccinate. Again, while we fully respect scientific decisions, there is a solution available. This has been dragging on for months. The CFIA seems to be closed to the idea of collaborating. Could the minister make a commitment to people in the industry to look at this issue and try to move it forward quickly to resolve the situation and protect the industry?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Yves Perron
  • May/29/24 10:59:42 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I will try to pick up the pace a bit. I still have a lot of material to get through. Could the minister tell me how much progress has been made toward the implementation of the DNA testing that was developed by chicken farmers to detect chicken that is brought across the border falsely declared as spent fowl? This has been a problem for several years. The farmers developed the test, and it is effective. It would be very easy for the CFIA to incorporate it at inspection sites. I would like the minister to talk to me about that. Would it also be possible to endorse these farmers' animal welfare program with CFIA certification? That is something else that might be very easy to do. It is a simple annual audit. This is a request from the industry.
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