Ruth Ellen Brosseau at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On March 21st, 2016. See this statement in context.

March 21st, 2016 / 3:55 p.m.

NDP

Ruth Ellen Brosseau NDP Berthier—Maskinongé, QC

I have one quick question. I only have 30 seconds.

We talk a lot about CFIA and they're in the news a lot. At another meeting we had previously I asked some questions about CFIA. I was at the committee when we had the Safe Food for Canadians Act and there will be an evaluation, but it's not until 2017.

Would you be interested in or are you open to the idea of supporting that the assessment be done sooner, because there have been so many articles and a lot of surveys and Canadians are really worried about the CFIA and how we are inspecting food here in Canada?

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