Francis Drouin at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On February 18th, 2021. See this statement in context.

February 18th, 2021 / 4:30 p.m.

Liberal

Francis Drouin Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

Sure.

This is with regard to what the Government of Canada needs to do to incentivize manufacturers to upgrade equipment, to benefit from more automation in Canada, which I don't believe is going to erase jobs. It just creates new kinds of jobs.

I am an MP, but before that I was working in another industry. I've been hearing the same story for the past 15 years, that Canada lags behind other countries when it comes to upgrades that are done at our manufacturing plants.

I am wondering what you're hearing from your clients on this.

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