Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, the Speech from the Throne offers supply-managed farmers full and fair compensation for recent trade agreements. I have some questions and I would like my colleague to comment. First, is this the last time this promise will be made? We like this promise, we agree with it and we want it to be kept, but this is not the first time we have heard it.

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his intervention. I am pleased that he brought up the subject of agriculture, because that is what my question is about. What does he think of the timid, even ridiculous, support that the federal government has offered the agricultural sector since the start of the pandemic?

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his presentation. I have been sitting in the House on and off since October 21. I have noticed that we often agree with the NDP on the substance of things, such as support for the public, decent health care, and so on. However, there is a big disconnect between us.

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, I have a two-part question for my colleague across the aisle. He talked about his staff at the beginning of his speech. Obviously, we all rely on our staff and consider them to be extremely important. I want to ask him if he applied to the program to receive assistance for his office staff.

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. I would like her to answer the question that I asked our Conservative colleagues earlier about the Canada emergency wage subsidy. Earlier, to my great surprise, I got a meaningful answer. I would like to see the same type of commitment from our friends across the way.

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent for his remarks, and I would like to revisit some of the questions that came up earlier today. I am sure that will come as no surprise to my esteemed colleague. We asked questions about the Liberal Party's and especially the Conservative Party's use of the Canada emergency wage subsidy.

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech, but I would like a clear answer. We asked a question throughout the day, but we never got a clear answer. We are in a state of crisis, and the government has made considerable sums of money available. Now the two richest parties in the House will benefit from the Canada emergency wage subsidy, a measure designed not to achieve partisan aims but to save small businesses from bankruptcy because they drive our economy.

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his thoughtful speech. I would like to focus on one point in particular. He mentioned that the restaurant industry is currently going through very hard times. That is the reason for lower demand. He mentioned that many small restaurants may not be able to reopen.

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, we need to take this opportunity to work through the issues. I would like my colleague's opinion. He mentioned that small businesses are more precarious. I would like his opinion. The Fédération de la relève agricole du Québec has made some specific demands because many small businesses are not eligible for the assistance measures because of how payroll is calculated, among other things.

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to come back to a comment made by an hon. government member. He said that he understood that the opposition had to ask for more. What the opposition does not understand is why the government did not act faster. As my NDP colleague graciously pointed out, it took the government over a month to take action.

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend my colleague for his very insightful intervention. He raised a number of very relevant points. I too found it moving, and I would like him to tell us about the farmers he mentioned earlier, the ones who called his office to say how bad things were getting and to ask for help and support.

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her comments. Earlier, she mentioned the importance of the next generation and the fact that businesses are heavily in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. Does she believe that the federal government should provide direct assistance rather than offering loans to farm businesses that are already heavily in debt?

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I would like him to tell me what he thinks of the impact of government's lack of action in terms of providing short-, medium- and long-term support for agriculture. Around the world, in the United States for example, considerable sums, about $19 billion, have been allocated.

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his comments. I would like to know what he thinks of current programs such as AgriStability. I spoke about this earlier in my speech and I said that they do not work. Do we know why only 31% of Canadian farms participate in the AgriStability program?

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question and comments. I really appreciate it. Before answering the question, I would like to share my personal interpretation of this notion of time. We are not just running out of time. We are most definitely out of time. It is now or never.