Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is in Rome
today to celebrate World Food Day, an event organized by the United Nations and
attended by Pope Francis.
MacAulay has been meeting with leaders throughout
Europe to promote Canadian exports under the new free trade agreement.
The meetings included sessions with the G7 in Bergamo,
Italy, and a series of bilateral meetings with European Union (EU) officials
while in Belgium.
The G7 is Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United
States. The European Union is also represented within the G7.
The agriculture ministers attending the G7 meetings
discussed issues ranging from agricultural risk management practices to food
security and migration.
He met with his agriculture counterparts from the EU,
Italy and Germany.
In Parma, the Minister conducted market development
activities. In Belgium, the Minister met with European Commission
Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Jyrki
Katainen, as well as with EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis
Andriukaitis.
MacAulay also met with European industry associations,
including European Livestock and Meat Trades Union, COCERAL and Fediol, before
touring the Port of Antwerp.
