Alex Atamanenko at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.

October 31st, 2006 / 1:05 p.m.

NDP

Alex Atamanenko NDP British Columbia Southern Interior, BC

I'd like to move on.

Mr. Carlson, you're a farmer. We have had passionate pleas from farmers specifically to have marketing choice, saying we have to do this because it's a free country; we have to allow this.

Why are you, as a farmer, in support of a single desk? And do you feel that the majority of people support your position? What's the passionate plea to retain a single desk?

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