You said “a farm”. Good for you. I'm so glad you've been to a farm.
Do you know what? This is unbelievable. We have an amendment, put forward by my colleague Ms. Gray, that is doing the groundwork for accountability and transparency in terms of where money is going.
You have seen this over and over again with the Liberal-NDP government. You've seen it in housing: They don't build houses; they build bureaucracy. You've seen it in child care, and now child care facilities across this country are closing down because they cannot afford to stay open. They are going bankrupt because of the administrative fees in the agreement signed by the federal government. There wasn't transparency. There wasn't accountability. We tried to do that in this committee. We put forward amendments asking for transparency and accountability in terms of where the money is going.
This is taxpayer money. This is actually just asking how much fuel it is going to cost. When we live in the largest geographical country and have rural northern communities where kids are actually starving, this is a very reasonable amendment. If my Liberal colleague is so serious about visiting a farm and wants to know how they're doing, then add that in here. Let's negotiate. If they are serious about people going hungry, then change it.
However, this amendment is so common sense: Where's the money going? How is it being spent? How much money will actually feed children as opposed to paying for gas and the cost of producing the food?
Thank you, Mr. Chair.