Agriculture committee  I think the main change has been consolidation. Everywhere in the industry the farms are consolidating, the suppliers and buyers are consolidating. We've lost all of the co-ops. It's getting to the point where if you don't get big, you die, and you can't afford to do it, so a lot

Agriculture committee  I think maybe I was misunderstood when I said choice. I meant the choice to either vote for or against it, not the choice to use either the board or the open market. I don't believe in a dual market. I would say that Canada is a democracy. It's always been the case that the majo

Agriculture committee  I would have to agree with Kate.

Agriculture committee  Obviously we need to keep young farmers around. If there are no young farmers, then there's no farming in the future. Allowing the young farmers to borrow at rates that are lower than those for other farmers is a start. Through MASC, the young farmer rebate, I believe, is half a

Agriculture committee  Some of the PPOs that they offer now are fixing a lot of the problems that farmers traditionally had with the Wheat Board. That said, are you ever going to have a system that everyone is completely happy with? No. Personally I'm pretty biased, so I don't want to say that everythi

Agriculture committee  Hi. I'd like to first of all thank you for the opportunity to talk to you today. I just started farming in the last five years, owning my own land. I'm 23 years old, so I can identify with Kate's son. The issue of young farmers leaving farming has a lot to do with what they s