Mr. William Van Tassel at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On February 15th, 2011. See this statement in context.

February 15th, 2011 / 12:30 p.m.

Vice-President, Fédération des producteurs de cultures commerciales du Québec

I didn't talk about it in my presentation, but the population is going up in the world. We have to produce more. We have to have tools for the farmers to be able to produce more.

We'll still have choice, but the farmer will have to produce much more. If you still want to have wheat, barley, and oats growing in Canada, we have to make sure there are tools to have the varieties for the farmers to be able to grow them profitably.

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