Lianne Rood at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On May 27th, 2021. See this statement in context.

May 27th, 2021 / 5:15 p.m.

Conservative

Lianne Rood Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON

Thank you, Mr. Forbes.

I've also been hearing from stakeholders in agriculture that much of the department's research funding has been reallocated to other purposes. The industry is concerned that the department appears to be off-loading its research funding role to the private sector and that the private sector will want to protect the results of this research as intellectual property.

Deputy Minister, could you comment on the extent of the department's funding research to support farmers, producers and processors in the agriculture and agri-food sector?

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