Evidence of meeting #61 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was ontario.
Farmer, As an Individual
That's correct. And that's all well and good, and as I said earlier in my comments as well, a lot of the best land that we could farm on is into the monoculture of houses.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Bezan
Yes. And actually, I think if you look at the numbers, the biggest land erosion happening in Canada is urban sprawl.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Bezan
This is wrapping up our hearings.
We've gone right across Canada. We kicked it off last Monday in Penticton and we're wrapping it up here this afternoon. We've been in nine provinces.
We heard from organizations and individuals from 10 provinces. Over 100 witnesses have appeared, and it's actually more than that when you add in all the individuals and duplications per organization. And we've had over 40 hours of hearings in two weeks, and then all that travelling on top of it.
It's been a long two weeks but it's been very productive. I think we've collected a lot of great information and I want to thank everybody for participating and helping us out with this study.
Liberal
Wayne Easter Liberal Malpeque, PE
So would the researchers have the report ready on Monday do you think?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Bezan
Wake up.
Anyway, I want to thank everyone.
We do have a plane to catch to get back to Ottawa, for those of us who are heading back.
The meeting is adjourned.