Agriculture Committee on March 11th, 2021

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Wow.

On behalf of everyone, I want to thank you for your service to our agriculture sector. Hopefully today didn't leave a bad taste.

[Yves Perron, Bloc, Berthier—Maskinongé, QC]

All the best in your retirement.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Happy retirement.

Thank you so much.

[Lianne Rood, Conservative, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON]

Congratulations, Colleen.

[Francis Drouin, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

Enjoy travelling later.

[Voices]

Oh, oh!

[Dave Epp, Conservative, Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON]

You started when you were seven then, obviously.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Thank you so much. Thanks for being here.

[Colleen Barnes]

Thank you, everyone.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

I'll ask the members to remain so that we can vote on the supplementary estimates.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD

Vote 1c—Operating expenditures..........$2,067,090

Vote 5c—Capital expenditures..........$310,000

Vote 10c—Grants and contributions..........$49,563,715

(Votes 1c, 5c and 10c agreed to on division)

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

I believe that's all I need to ask.

Madam Clerk, are we good with that?

[The Clerk of the Committee, Ms. Alexie Labelle]

You have to agree to have the power to report back to the House.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Yes, okay.

Do you want me to report back to the House? I guess we need to vote on that.

[Francis Drouin, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

Plead your case, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

I'll do my best.

[Alistair MacGregor, NDP, Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, BC]

I don't think this needs to be on division. We'll let you report.

[Lianne Rood, Conservative, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON]

We'll let you report.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Depending on who we have as a Speaker, sometimes it could be challenging. No, I'm just kidding. I'll do my best.

Does everybody agree on that?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Are we good, Madam Clerk?

[The Clerk]

Yes, we're good.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Okay, I think that's all. Unless anyone has anything to bring up or any questions, we'll adjourn this meeting.

Have a good evening.

We will all see each other again in the week of March 22.

This meeting is adjourned.