Movember is over and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz's money-raising moustache, the "Mo" extraordinaire, has received a fitting send-off. Minister Ritz's trademark moustache was removed in a private and heartbreaking ceremony on December 1st.
Movember is here and the countdown is on for the shaving of Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Gerry Ritz’s familiar moustache. With about two weeks to go in the fundraising campaign, donations to the Minister’s Movember account continue to accumulate, placing the Minister in the top 10 fundraisers for all of Canada.
Movember is fast approaching and Canada’s poultry and egg farmers are challenging Minister Ritz to once again shave his moustache in support of prostate cancer awareness and men’s mental health.
October 1, 2012 (Ottawa, Ontario) – At the Ottawa Food Bank today, Mr. Pierre Lemieux, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food was on-hand to unload turkeys donated by several Canadian turkey processors to mark the occasion of Turkey Farmers of Canada’s (TFC) fourth year of partnership with Food Banks Canada. The TFC 2012 donation of $62,000 will be allocated to rural food banks across Canada, specifically to those identified as having the greatest increase in demand. The food banks will, in turn, purchase whole turkeys or turkey parts to distribute to community members who are in need of turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving.