Mr. Speaker, I want to give the Liberal government a lesson on the value of work. It is said that we can live a minute without air, a day or two without water, and a week or two without food. Some of us might last a little longer.
Food is a basic essential for life. We can do without a doctor for years if we do not get sick. We might get by without a lawyer for years. We might get by without politicians for a century or maybe a millennium, but we cannot live without farmers.
The farmer's work has huge value because without the farmer, we starve. Where is the equal pay for work of greater value here? Why is the government ignoring the plight of farmers on whom we depend for our very lives?
History shows clearly that a nation can lose its sovereignty if it loses its independent secure food supply.
It is food. It is farmers. It is pay for work of immense value. It is time we recognized farmers for what they are worth.