Ben Lobb at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On December 8th, 2011. See this statement in context.

December 8th, 2011 / 5:20 p.m.

Conservative

Ben Lobb Conservative Huron—Bruce, ON

Okay.

One last question to Ms. Holowath. You were talking about caps on AgriInvest, and the taxpayer has to also believe this is reasonable. So if you're going to raise the caps, are you talking about raising the caps to, say, 1.5% to 2.5%, or are you talking about taking the cap from, say, $22,000 to $222,000? What number do you feel is a reasonable cap that protects the average Canadian farmer?

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