Bev Shipley at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On March 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.

March 10th, 2009 / 12:30 p.m.

Conservative

Bev Shipley Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON

Thanks for coming out.

I listened to Mr. Easter's question. I find it interesting, as you go back to 2003 and some of the crises that developed with the BSE, that when they had the opportunity to do some things, they didn't. And now it's our fault, I guess.

I want to follow up with Mr. Gillespie. You're talking about 6 million cows, almost. Domestically, we have the use of 3 million. If we increased the consumption in Canada, we would have 3.6 million.

How many cows can we sustain and keep the beef industry sustainable?

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