Mr. Chris Forbes at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On May 5th, 2020. See this statement in context.

May 5th, 2020 / 6:10 p.m.

Deputy Minister, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Well, this program was not in the works prior to COVID. We have industry frequently making requests around new programming money, including the processing industry, but this program was not contemplated in its current form prior to COVID.

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