Internal free trade, agriculture business risk programs on the agenda


What’s on the agenda for the House and Senate committees today.

Members of the INTERNATIONAL TRADE committee hear from Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, Confédération des syndicats nationaux and the C.D. Howe Institute as part of their ongoing review of “free trade within Canada.” (11 a.m.)

Meanwhile, AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD members survey representatives of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Keystone Agricultural Producers and Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, as well as a group of farmers, on the “business risk management programs” within Canada’s agricultural sector. (11 a.m.)

Also this morning: STATUS OF WOMEN members take a closer look at the “abuse and financial vulnerability of senior women” with representatives of the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario, National Pensioners Federation, New Society Institute and others.(11 a.m.)

Committee highlights courtesy of our friends at iPoliticsINTEL.



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