Evidence of meeting #5 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was money.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Women's President, National Farmers Union
I've actually mentioned the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. I guess I have a personal disdain for them. It costs—
Conservative
Larry Miller Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, ON
Yes, but you said you could name some names, and I just wondered....
November 28th, 2007 / 5:25 p.m.
Women's President, National Farmers Union
Look at their website and check out their board of directors.
Conservative
Larry Miller Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, ON
So you're saying their board of directors. Okay.
Women's President, National Farmers Union
To be honest, I'm glad Samy Watson is gone. I think he was extremely damaging. He left a trail of destruction. I know people who worked within Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada who were thrilled when he left.
Women's President, National Farmers Union
I'm not going to get into that right now, but what we're dealing with—
Conservative
Larry Miller Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, ON
But you said, Ms. Ross, that you could name names. Then I asked you, and you say you don't want to get into it.
Conservative
Larry Miller Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, ON
I'm asking the questions, if you could answer them. You made some pretty strong statements.
Women's President, National Farmers Union
Okay, you want me to name some names. Well, somebody here asked me if the NFU was partisan to the NDP. It's absolutely, positively not, but when we asked Gerry Ritz very kindly to come as a guest to our convention, he refused. We asked him to send a guest as a second, and he also refused. We've asked Chuck Strahl to come. He never attended. They won't even meet with us.
Conservative
Larry Miller Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, ON
Well, I don't know how that relates to my questions here.
Women's President, National Farmers Union
This is trying to deal with people whose job security depends on their not understanding us.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Bezan
The bells are ringing. I ask the steering committee to hold back, before it takes off. We have a couple of items of business we have to talk about briefly.
I do want to thank the witnesses for coming in today.
Colleen, Kalissa, and Bob, we very much appreciate your testimony. It will help us form our report that we plan on tabling in the House of Commons this winter. Thank you.
Do I have a motion to adjourn?