"The report features 20 recommendations, including one notably calling on the Carney government to "pause and reverse" the decision to close research centres at Lacombe (AB), Quebec City (QC), and Guelph (ON), along with four satellite farms at Scott (SK), Indian Head (SK), Portage la Prairie (MB), and Nappan (NS)."
"Other recommendations called on the government to recognize agriculture as a strategic sector tied to national security, to develop a national agriculture research strategy, to protect front-line scientists, and to maintain regionally-distributed research."
""Front?line scientists and technical staff have been telling the government these closures would break research pipelines, destroy irreplaceable data, and hollow out rural communities. Food science is critical infrastructure - and you don't cut the people who keep your food safe and sustainable.""
The House of Commons agriculture committee calls for the federal government to halt and reverse plans to close seven Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research facilities across Canada. The committee tabled a 39-page report after hearing witness testimony about impacts over the previous three months. The report includes 20 recommendations, including a call to pause and reverse closures at Lacombe, Quebec City, and Guelph, plus four satellite farms at Scott, Indian Head, Portage la Prairie, and Nappan. The recommendations are described as unanimously supported by committee members. Additional recommendations urge recognizing agriculture as a strategic national security sector, developing a national agriculture research strategy, protecting front-line scientists, and maintaining regionally distributed research. Union representatives say closures would break research pipelines, destroy irreplaceable data, and harm rural communities.
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