James Bezan at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On March 11th, 2008. See this statement in context.

March 11th, 2008 / 9:05 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Bezan

I call the meeting to order.

Good day, ladies and gentlemen. We are ready to go. We have a quorum.

I want to welcome to the table David MacKay, the executive director of the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers. He's not a stranger to the committee. He has with him, from AgroCentre Belcan Inc., Greg Haney. From the Canadian Fertilizer Institute we have Roger Larson and Clyde Graham.

I want to welcome all of you to the committee and to our study on farm input costs and the rising crisis farmers are facing.

I invite Mr. MacKay to kick us off. Please keep your opening comments to 10 minutes or less.

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