Liberal Frank Valeriote mused during the recent federal election campaign that he hoped he would be back on the House of Commons agriculture committee if re-elected.
Valeriote was picked in the last Parliament to be one of the Liberals on the agriculture committee.
Be careful what you wish for.
Liberals came a distant third in the election and are reduced to one seat on House of Commons committees.
Last week, Valeriote was appointed Liberal agriculture critic in the new Parliament.
He will be the only Liberal on the committee as it wrestles with ending the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly, reforming the Canadian Grain Commission, debating the outlines of the next federal-provincial agreement on farm programs and perhaps picking up on a study on biotechnology interrupted by the election.
Long-time Liberal agriculture critic Wayne Easter got his wish by being moved from agriculture to international trade critic.
