Mr. Chair, I am new to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, and so I am interested in finding out how it works. It seems a little problematic and irresponsible to move a team the size of this committee, given the economic crisis that we are going through at the moment and the possible costs of the trip. But I am sure that we need to understand what is happening at the Canadian Wheat Board. Would it not be more responsible to invite people from the west, the president and the administrators of the Canadian Wheat Board, to come here? We have all our interpreters and our clerk right here. The Conservatives are always talking about taxpayers' money. I think that it would be better spent inviting people from the Canadian Wheat Board here rather than having us travel out there.
On February 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.