Made in Canada

Richard Denis Clerk of the Senate 7 GROWING CANADA’S VALUE-ADDED FOOD SECTOR Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Thursday, 29 November 2018: The Honourable Senator Griffin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cormier: That, notwithstanding the order of the Senate adopted on Thursday, February 15, 2018, the date for the final report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Fo [...] Richard Denis Clerk of the Senate Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Thursday, 20 June 2019: With leave of the Senate, The Honourable Senator Griffin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Pate: That, notwithstanding the order of the Senate adopted on Thursday, November 29, 2018, the date for the final report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry in relation to it [...] In Winnipeg, the Committee witnessed the efficiency of the Maple Leaf Foods pork processing and packaging plant and the Peak of the Market vegetable storage and shipping facilities. [...] We need to have our plants to keep the value here in Canada, sell the product as processed as possible, not necessarily just in value-added, but the more you debone and skin the product, the more value you add in Canada and the more jobs you have in Canada instead of other countries.43 The witnesses explained that many Canadians associate work in the agriculture and agri- food sector with low wage [...] Students should learn more about the nature of agricultural work and the ways that new technologies are changing the sector.48 Teresa Schoonings, Member of the Board of Directors of Food and Beverage Canada, argued that the Taste Your Future initiative launched by Food and Beverage Ontario to promote careers in that province’s food processing industry should be extended to the rest of Canada.49 Se