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

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

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Mandate

Membership

PartyMemberDistrict
  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

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Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI)