Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) is a standing committee of the House of Commons of Canada.

Mandate

  • Focus on bills, review of expenditures, policies, and programs of the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food and its agencies:
    • The Canadian Food Inspection Agency
    • The Canadian Grain Commission
    • The Farm Products Council of Canada
    • The Canadian Dairy Commission
    • Farm Credit Canada
  • Oversight of the Canadian Wheat Board and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency

Membership

PartyMemberDistrict
 LiberalPat Finnigan, ChairMiramichi—Grand Lake, NB
 LiberalLyne BessetteBrome—Missisquoi, QC
 LiberalKody BloisKings—Hants, NS
 LiberalFrancis DrouinGlengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
 LiberalNeil R. EllisBay of Quinte, ON
 LiberalTim LouisKitchener—Conestoga, ON
 ConservativeJohn Barlow, Vice-ChairFoothills, AB
 ConservativeRichard LehouxBeauce, QC
 ConservativeLianne RoodLambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON
 ConservativeGerald SorokaYellowhead, AB
 Bloc QuebecoisYves Perron, Vice-ChairBerthier—Maskinongé, QC
 New Democratic PartyAlistair MacGregorCowichan—Malahat—Langford, BC

Subcommittees

  • Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SAGR)

References

Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI)

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