Mr. Speaker, this past week, the Truro Farm Equipment Museum marked its 35th anniversary of preserving agricultural heritage in Nova Scotia.
Museums like this are so much more than the antique tractors and plows that are on display. They are keepers of stories that matter, stories of families working the land and building our society from the ground up. Our rural communities have always been laboratories of innovation and resilience. For generations, our farmers have fed entire communities while protecting the land for future generations.
As elected representatives are called to act on the biggest challenges of the 21st century, we would do well to learn from the same spirit of ingenuity and co-operation historically found in agricultural communities across Canada.