Philip Lawrence at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On March 9th, 2021. See this statement in context.

March 9th, 2021 / 4:05 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

We did look to B.C., particularly with respect to the exemptions that were given. That gave us inspiration as well. As I said, we got support from the NDP—thank you very much, Mr. MacGregor—and from the Green Party. We really cast this as a common sense agriculture solution that I believe will actually give additional resources to farmers so they can help fight climate change.

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