Senate Ag Committee to weigh in on how to boost competitiveness of value-added food sector

The committee has also recently been studying the impact of trade agreements on Canada’s supply-managed sectors.

Independent Senator Diane Griffin of P.E.I. is chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which in December released a report on climate change and carbon pricing's impact on the sector. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SENATOR ROBERT BLACK

March 20, 2019

When I was summoned to the Senate just over a year ago, I brought with me many years of experience in the agriculture and rural sectors. I have been fortunate to be able to use that experience to contribute to the work of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (AGFO). Our committ...

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