Ruth Ellen Brosseau at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On May 2nd, 2013. See this statement in context.

May 2nd, 2013 / 11:55 a.m.

NDP

Ruth Ellen Brosseau NDP Berthier—Maskinongé, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'd like to thank our witnesses today. I'm sorry, but with votes, things can change at the last minute.

I just want to touch on buying Canadian. When I'm out in my riding and I do my shopping, I find more and more Canadians want to buy products from Canada. What we've seen from the wine industry is that statistics show that 30% of the market share is Canadian wine and 70% is imported.

Is the government doing something to help support Canadian businesses to make more of a buy local effort? What is the government doing to help Canadian businesses thrive?

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