Mr. Duane Smith (First Vice-President, Canada West Equipment Dealers Association) at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On February 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 8th, 2007 / 3:35 p.m.

Duane Smith First Vice-President, Canada West Equipment Dealers Association

Good afternoon.

My name is Duane Smith. I'm a director with the Canada West Equipment Dealers Association. We represent approximately 400 western Canadian equipment dealers in the four western provinces and employ approximately 8,000 people. Personally, I'm CEO of JayDee Equipment. We are a five-store John Deere dealer in southwestern Saskatchewan, with locations in Swift Current, Kindersley, Kyle, Maple Creek, and Leader, and we are pleased to be here on behalf of western Canadian equipment dealers.

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