Agriculture committee  In your comment you were talking about leveling the playing field there. As I understand it, 40% of the food we eat now is imported. I was recently at a meeting in Moncton. There were discussions on trade negotiations and there were a couple of civil servants from Ottawa talking

Agriculture committee  I think you mentioned AgriStability, and I think that's a big concern. I expect you've heard all across Canada that the programs aren't working. Our provincial minister wants everybody to be involved in that program. We have 87% or 89% of our farmers involved in the program now.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to thank the standing committee for an invitation to present. This being your last province to present to you, I think you've probably heard it all before. I was always one to believe that the more times you hear something, at the end of the da

Finance committee  And we are working on an Atlantic brand as well now. That's being developed, and it's something that the region has worked on cooperatively. It's the only federal beef plant we have in the Maritimes, and the three maritime provinces have worked cooperatively on that as well. So t

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's a pleasure to be here today. Those of us who live on Prince Edward Island think we live on one of the world's great islands, and a lot of people who visit us each year think so as well, and they come for the beauty of the landscape as well as the b