Bev Shipley at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On June 9th, 2009. See this statement in context.

June 9th, 2009 / 1:45 p.m.

Conservative

Bev Shipley Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON

You mentioned that you have 8,000 farmers, and I didn't get the number of acres. I think the farms, regardless of the size, pay a flat rate per year.

We just had a number of financial institutions talk to us this morning. When you are doing the negotiation for farmers—and actually, in some ways I think you're in competition with co-ops, but likely in other ways you're beyond what co-ops do—do you provide financing for your members to purchase inputs and products?

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