Madam Speaker, I support this legislation wholeheartedly and intend to be one of the seconders of the legislation.
In my riding of Kings—Hants, we have seen tremendous growth in the wine industry. In fact, on our property we raise L'Acadie grapes ourselves. Those L'Acadie grapes resulted from research at the Kentville research station.
Does the member agree that the government must invest in regional local research in these research stations across Canada and that local research is fundamental to growing--