Agriculture Committee on Feb. 6th, 2023

Evidence of meeting #47 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was suppliers.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Food Price Inflation

MPs speaking

Kody Blois
Richard Lehoux
Francis Drouin
Lianne Rood
Rechie Valdez
Yves Perron
Alistair MacGregor
Dave Epp
Leah Taylor Roy
Ryan Turnbull
John Barlow

Also speaking

Gary Sands  Senior Vice-President, Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers
François Thibault  Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Metro Inc.
Paul Cope  Senior Vice-President, Retail Operations, Save-On-Foods LP
Tyler McCann  Managing Director, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute
Mary Robinson  President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Catherine Lefebvre  President, Quebec Produce Growers Association
Patrice Léger Bourgoin  General Manager, Quebec Produce Growers Association
Scott Ross  Executive Director, Canadian Federation of Agriculture

8:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Kody Blois

We certainly would be well-advised—

8:35 p.m.

Liberal

Francis Drouin Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

You should ask for unanimous consent and I'm sure you'd get it.

8:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Kody Blois

Yes, I think we will.

Thank you, Mr. Barlow. That's well said.

Thank you, Ms. Robinson, for all your work on behalf of Canadian agriculture writ large and for all your testimony today.

Colleagues, we are going to get back at it on Wednesday. We're going to continue the study of the draft report of global food insecurity. We did great work in the first bit. My hope, as your chair, is that we will be able to clear that first draft, get it back to the analysts and be ready a week from that time to do the second report.

We will see everyone on Wednesday. Thank you to our witnesses.

Good night to all.