Pierre Lemieux at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On February 27th, 2012. See this statement in context.

February 27th, 2012 / 4:45 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

I'll move on.

Mr. Newkirk, I see you sitting there over on the far left, and you haven't said boo since your presentation.

I had the opportunity to visit the Canadian International Grains Institute in January. I was really impressed by both the work and the breadth of work they're doing. I certainly learned a lot.

I want to give you the opportunity to comment on some of the things you do and how they benefit consumers now and will benefit consumers in the future, both in Canada and elsewhere, because Canadian product moves to consumers in other countries. I know that you provide services in that regard.

Can you tell my colleagues about the institute—those who have not had the opportunity to visit CIGI and see what I saw?

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