Lianne Rood at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On May 5th, 2020. See this statement in context.

May 5th, 2020 / 6:05 p.m.

Conservative

Lianne Rood Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON

The Parliamentary Budget Officer has said that there are $126 billion, I believe, in new funds that have already been announced by the government, so if AgriRecovery isn't new money, you can see how that kind of looks to industry and producers.

I'm going to go back to the $77 million for the emergency processing fund. Can you confirm if this was in the works pre-COVID with industry? Were you in talks with industry pre-COVID-19, or is this new money? Again, yes or no, is this a new program?

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