Agriculture Committee on May 5th, 2010

[Phil McColeman, Conservative, Brant, ON]

I have just one quick comment, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Conservative, Larry Miller]

Just a short point. I'm really generous today, so go ahead, Phil.

[Phil McColeman, Conservative, Brant, ON]

I'm a visitor to the committee today, just filling in. My comment is to the extent that the committee continues to study this, I think there are huge opportunities in the area. I want to take your comments, Mike, and underscore those as areas where we can make a difference in aboriginal communities with the kind of programming you are talking about.

[The Chair, Conservative, Larry Miller]

Thank you very much, Phil.

With that, I want to thank all of you for coming here today again at such short notice. As I said earlier, a number of committee members have come up through 4-H and we know it to be a great organization. All the best to you in your future endeavours.

Thanks again for coming here. We will be doing a report, which we hope to get tabled in the House before Parliament breaks in June. Your testimony is going to be a good part of it.

Thank you again for being here.

[Mike Nowosad]

Thank you very much.

Just before you close the meeting, I would encourage the Government of Canada to take advantage of the 4-H program. We are a partner with the government through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

You need young people front row and centre in terms of the optimism that there is in agriculture. Please take advantage of us. We'd love to be more closely partnered with you.

Thank you for your indulgence in my one-minute speech.

[The Chair, Conservative, Larry Miller]

That's okay. Thanks again.

To the committee, we are going to adjourn. We will finish our cross-country travel, as you know, starting in Quebec on Monday and finishing up in P.E.I. on Thursday.

Our next meeting back here, because the 24th is a holiday Monday, will be on May 26.

The meeting is adjourned. We'll see most of the committee on Sunday or Monday.