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 Anthony Rota, Chair Nipissing-Timiskaming, ON
  Liberal Lyne Bessette Brome—Missisquoi, QC
  Liberal Kody Blois Kings—Hants, NS
  Liberal Francis Drouin Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
  Liberal Neil R. Ellis Bay of Quinte, ON
  Liberal Tim Louis Kitchener—Conestoga, ON
  Conservative John Barlow, Vice-Chair Foothills, AB
  Conservative Richard Lehoux Beauce, QC
  Conservative Lianne Rood Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON
  Conservative Gerald Soroka Yellowhead, AB
  Bloc Quebecois Yves Perron, Vice-Chair Berthier—Maskinongé, QC
  New Democratic Party Alistair MacGregor Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, BC

Subcommittees

  • Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SAGR)

References