Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his work with farmers.
As I said, we will keep working with provincial and territorial governments to ensure that the agriculture and agrifood sector remains strong and innovative. That includes investing $30 million over the next six years to support cutting-edge research in agricultural genomics in priority areas such as climate change and the identification and prevention of biological threats to agriculture.
As well, as part of the federal infrastructure investment, we will provide $41.5 million to support the rehabilitation and modernization of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency research stations and laboratories.
We are and will continue to support the agricultural and agrifood sector in Canada and the millions of Canadians it employs.