PROPOSED RE-APPOINTMENT OF DAIRY COMMISSION CHAIR

Ottawa, ON, October 3, 2005 - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Minister Andy Mitchell today announced the proposed re-appointment of John Core as the Chair of the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC). The proposed appointment has been referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

"I am very pleased to announce Mr. Core's proposed re-appointment as Chair," said Minister Mitchell. "His knowledge and leadership skills built up through many years of experience in the dairy sector have served him very well over the last three years with the Canadian Dairy Commission. I am confident he will continue to make a valuable contribution to the CDC's important work."

Mr. Core was first appointed Chair of the Canadian Dairy Commission in 2002.

Mr. Core holds a masters degree from the University of Guelph. He was a lecturer at Ridgetown College in Ontario at the beginning of his career. He then owned and operated a dairy and cash crop farm in Lambton County, Ontario, with his brothers. During his dairy farming years, Mr. Core was a board member for Dairy Farmers of Ontario from 1981 to 2001. He chaired this organization from 1990 to 2001. He was also a member of the board of Dairy Farmers of Canada from 1986 to 2001, acting as Chair between 1999 and 2001.

The Canadian Dairy Commission was created by an Act of Parliament in 1966 with a mandate to provide efficient producers of milk and cream with the opportunity to obtain a fair return for their labor and investment, and, to provide consumers of dairy products with a continuous and adequate supply of dairy products of high quality.

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