moved for leave to introduce Bill C-299, an act to provide cost of production protection for the family farm.
Mr. Speaker, this is a very appropriate bill introduced on a day when we just paid tribute to Alf Gleave, who was the former agriculture critic of our party and the National Farmers Union president.
The bill provides a formula where farmers would be guaranteed their cost production, not just on crops that are produced in this country, but also livestock that are produced in this country. In other words, it would be a long range farm program where there would be stability for the farmers based on a formula that reflects their actual input costs.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)