Mr. Speaker, “Farming is the single most important factor in Canadian experience,” wrote author Allan Anderson in Remembering the Farm .
It is, therefore, welcome when the Prime Minister and the premiers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan come together and when delegations of farmers, ministers and officials meet with key federal ministers and government caucuses to find urgent solutions to the farm income crisis and to address the root causes on a long term basis.
Dialogues like these, not sheer political partisanship, are more effective in further advancing the interests of farmers to the well-being of all Canadians. Thus, we can be confident that the Government of Canada, working together with all stakeholders, will find the solution and soon.
Farming is vital to Canada's food production system, is vital to the Canadian economy and will continue to be vital to Canadian life.