But, with Prairie-centred issues like the abolition of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly holding centre stage, committee members will have a steep learning curve
by BARRY WILSON
As the 41st Parliament opened in early June, only to adjourn after three weeks for a 12-week summer break, the agriculture debate was shaping up to be a largely Ontario affair.
If Saskatchewan-based agriculture minister Gerry Ritz is taken out of the equation (an admittedly large part of the equation), the key agriculture players in the new Parliament are Ontario MPs.