Francis Drouin at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On April 6th, 2017. See this statement in context.

April 6th, 2017 / 12:05 p.m.

Liberal

Francis Drouin Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks to the witnesses for being here.

As well, I want to thank my colleague Mr. Anderson for bringing this issue forward. I think it's important.

You've touched on a bit of the issue that I wanted to ask about. We've been on short-term extensions since 2004. I didn't quite get the last comment from Mr. Breton. There were some pests that were found, or there were some thoughts that pests were found...? Can you elaborate on that? We have had a clear record for almost over 10 years now, and there's quite a lot of data to say that our products are safe. I want to understand the new technological advances that are there.

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