Finance committee  Our federation has done an outreach program not only with our grade schools but also with immigrants in offering a PD day on the farm. We're taking them out and giving them a glimpse into what opportunities exist for employment within agriculture. We took a busload of immigrants

Finance committee  Or your daughter or your sister.

Finance committee  In terms of the question about what is limiting us, I think that in agriculture it's fair to say that investments are high. Private business is very active in pursuing new opportunities. The limiting factors, as we mentioned earlier, are labour and transportation. If we were to s

Finance committee  On October 3, our federal government made it known that there will be a price on carbon by 2018 in order to reduce our emissions as a country. Clean technology and innovation will be required to meet that objective. The PEI Federation of Agriculture views renewable energy as an o

Finance committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and committee members. My name is Mary Robinson. I am president of the Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture. With me today is Robert Godfrey, our executive director. Thank you for this opportunity to present here today in beautiful Charlotteto