Bob Zimmer at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On December 6th, 2012. See this statement in context.

December 6th, 2012 / 9:35 a.m.

Conservative

Bob Zimmer Conservative Prince George—Peace River, BC

Thank you for presenting today to the committee.

Terry, I have a question for you. In the past the NFU has been a little cautious about marketing freedom for farmers, or dual desk, as you would possibly refer to it.

I'm from the Peace area of B.C., so I've talked to farmers in the west. We have a lot of grain and canola where I'm from, and I've heard a lot of positives on the new system. I just wanted to know, from your and your members' perspective, what has been their response since August 1 to the new marketing freedom for western Canadian farmers?

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