But where the PQ makes its numbers ?

Photo Jean-François Desgagnés

Andrea Valeria ,
Marie-Christine Trottier and
Émilie Bergeron

Saturday, 10 march, 2018 01:00

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Saturday, 10 march, 2018 01:00

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The statement

This week, the mp of the Parti québécois (PQ) André Villeneuve has promised, in view of October elections, the creation of a new “squad-based inspections of food” ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Quebec (MAPAQ).

This squad will have to ensure the quality of the products consumed in Québec.

For the PQ, this investment is necessary because the federal agencies that are responsible for conducting the audits inspections are carried out on only 2 % of products that are on our shelves. But is this really the case ?

The facts

The two government agencies mandated with the monitoring of the food that ends up on our plates, the Agency, canadian food inspection agency (CFIA) and the MAPAQ, tell do not understand where the PQ has taken its figures.

The CFIA says not being able to refute or confirm the 2 % since its statistics are not compiled on the basis of the total food found on our shelves, but according to those who are inspected.

Questioned on the subject, the press officer for the PQ, Valerie Chamula, has sent us an article dating back to 2012, which was published in The Press to confirm the statistics.

At the time, the figure had been advanced by Raphaël Tarasco, vice-president of the agriculture Union representing CFIA employees.

Yesterday, the spokesperson of the trade union has not been recalled by The Newspaper. It is therefore Impossible to know from where comes the famous 2 %, and if this data is still current.

As what the old numbers can still be used for new promises.