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
 LiberalAnthony Rota, ChairNipissing-Timiskaming, ON
 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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