Mr. Adrien Gemme (Administrator, Board of Director, Fédération des producteurs de pommes de terre du Québec) at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On April 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.

April 2nd, 2009 / 11:15 a.m.

Adrien Gemme Administrator, Board of Director, Fédération des producteurs de pommes de terre du Québec

Good morning, gentlemen. My name is Adrien Gemme. With me today are Bernard Belzile, Denis Bilodeau of the UPA, and Philippe Gemme of AMA-Terre.

I will read two paragraphs and then turn things over to Mr. Belzile.

Our president could not be here today because of the annual general meetings of both the Fédération and the Plan conjoint des producteurs de pommes de terre du Québec. Given the nature of the ongoing potato cyst crisis, we could not ask that this meeting be rescheduled.

The Fédération des producteurs de pommes de terre du Québec would like to thank the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food for having agreed to listen to a message from our president, which will be delivered by Mr. Belzile.

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