Mr. Kevan: The wine grape is self-pollinating and self-compatible.

How would Bill C-31 benefit provinces or territories in which, at present, wine grapes are not grown and/or wine is not produced?

Labrusca or juice grapes are about $300 to the tonne compared to wine grapes, which now can go anywhere from $1,200 to $2,400 a tonne.

to make orders fixing, imposing and collecting levies or charges from persons situated in the Province of Ontario who are engaged in the production or marketing of grapes, and for such purpose to classify such persons into groups and fix the levies or charges payable by the members of the different groups in different amounts, and the Commodity Board may use such levies or charges for its purposes, including the creation of reserves, and the payment of expenses and losses resulting from the sale or disposal of grapes and the equalization or adjustment among producers of grapes of moneys realized from the sale thereof during such period o ...[+++]r periods of time as it may determine.

Introduction of Single Farm Payment: Decoupled SFP to be distributed to wine grape growers at Member States' discretion and to all growers who grub up their vines.

(3) As regards wine obtained from grapes of varieties classified as both wine-grape varieties and varieties for the production of spirits distilled from wine with a designation of origin, the quantity of such wine regarded as normally produced is to be adjusted in some regions to take account of the significant fall in production of spirits distilled from wine in those regions.