Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome the hon. member to this House.
Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee is a beautiful area. I have had the chance to be there myself. There are lots of good junior A hockey towns as well. I believe Salmon Arm may be close to the member's constituency, if not within it.
The member talked a lot about agriculture, and I think that is important. Representing an agricultural riding, my own home constituency in Atlantic Canada, I certainly know the value of that. I had the opportunity to quickly look at the Conservative platform that the member just ran on, and there is very little mention of agriculture whatsoever. There is nothing on business risk management, nothing on the agri-food sector and nothing on regulatory reform at CFIA or PMRA. Objectively, the Liberal platform was very comprehensive. It was endorsed by a number of major commodity groups.
Will the member opposite commit to being a strong voice to tell his leader, Pierre Poilievre, to actually do more and commit to more in agriculture? It certainly was lacking in the last platform.