Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. We could spend quite a long time in terms of what we need to get us supported federally. I think the one concept that is brought up now and again is the access to broadband. We do have relatively good access in some of our core communities, but it is

Agriculture committee  Yes, it certainly has been one part, that we do have that opportunity if we can get this space developed, but it's really a matter of the cost and then the amount of use of it. We are also able to rely on some of our neighbours in B.C. or Alberta who have these sorts of spaces

Agriculture committee  Thanks for the question. It was government-driven. We had the dollars put up. This was back in 2006. There was a study done co-operatively with industry at that point, but it was entirely government-funded. It has been a real success story in this last decade.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm speaking to you today on behalf of Deputy Minister Paul Moore. With me today is Kirk Price, our director of agriculture. We need not take up too much of your time today, but I wanted to ensure that the north was represented. Yukon agriculture has b

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Our local products are found in the retail stores, at community markets and in our gourmet meals by our caterers and restaurants. Processing, what we're interested in today, is mostly focused on meat products in the north. We have both abattoir operations a