Agriculture committee  Members of the committee, it is our honour to have been asked to present to you today. My name is Krista Hiddema, and I'm the vice-president of Mercy for Animals in Canada. I am here with my colleague Lauri Torgerson-White, our animal welfare scientist. On March 22, in his post-budget interview on Power & Politics, Minister Morneau stated that the government is committed to “beat the world” in agriculture.