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

Party Member District
  Liberal Kody Blois, Chair Kings—Hants, NS
  Liberal Tim Louis Kitchener—Conestoga, ON
  Liberal Heath MacDonald Malpeque, PEI
  Liberal Francis Drouin Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
  Liberal Leah Taylor Roy Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, ON
  Liberal Joyce Murray Vancouver Quadra, BC
  Conservative John Barlow, Vice-Chair Foothills, AB
  Conservative Richard Lehoux Beauce, QC
  Conservative Lianne Rood Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON
  Conservative Warren Steinley Regina—Lewvan, SK
  Bloc Quebecois Yves Perron, Vice-Chair Berthier—Maskinongé, QC
  New Democratic Party Richard Cannings South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC

Subcommittees

  • Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SAGR)

References

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