Alaina Lockhart at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On November 29th, 2016. See this statement in context.

November 29th, 2016 / 9:10 a.m.

Liberal

Alaina Lockhart Liberal Fundy Royal, NB

I have just a short amount of time, but some of the feedback I've heard from farmers in my area and that we've heard here from stakeholders concerns the difficulty of recruiting new farmers to agriculture, new participants.

I think there is a program called career focus in the estimates; there is about $2.5 million there. Can you talk about any other programs that are there to encourage new farmers?

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