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Carbon Pricing November 19th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that when my hon. colleague and the Conservative Party of Canada were in power, the way they dealt with agriculture was to slash half a billion dollars from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. They slashed $200 million from the business risk management program. If that is the track they want to be on, it is a track of destruction, and we are not on that path as a government.
Questions on the Order Paper November 19th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, AAFC, which includes the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency, undertook a preliminary search in order to determine the amount of information that would fall within the scope of the question and the amount of time that would be required to prepare a comprehensive response. The information requested is not systematically tracked in a centralized database. AAFC concluded that producing and validating a comprehensive response to this question would require a manual collection of information that is not possible in the time allotted and could lead to the disclosure of incomplete and misleading information.
Veterans Affairs November 7th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, as we are aware, the last Conservative government slashed funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs, hurt veterans and closed nine Veterans Affairs offices that serve veterans right across this country. Since we formed government, we have invested over $11 billion in veteran support and have reopened the nine offices across this country.
Veterans can be assured that the Liberal government will continue to support veterans right across the country.
International Trade November 4th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, having been a farmer all my life and involved in the supply management system for all of my agricultural career, I am fully aware of how valuable the supply management system is to this country. I belong to a government and a party that has initiated supply management and continues to support supply management. I can tell my hon. colleague and this country that the government will continue to support the supply management program.
International Trade November 1st, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I can assure my hon. colleague I am well aware of the importance of the supply management program. I milked cows for half of my life. I am well aware what supply management means to the agricultural sector and to this country. I can assure my hon. colleague we will continue to support supply management, and we will continue to push the Senate to pass Bill C-282.
International Trade November 1st, 2024
Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is fully aware that just over 50 years ago, the Liberal government established the supply management program. My hon. colleague is well aware that over the last 50 years, we have fully supported the supply management program. We have supported and will continue to support the supply management program, and push our colleagues in the other place to pass Bill C-282.
International Trade October 10th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, once again I was so pleased to be at a rally supporting supply management with my colleagues today on the Hill. It is important to note that supply management was initiated by a Liberal government just over 50 years ago. Then, we supported supply management, and today, we support supply management. Being a dairy farmer in Prince Edward Island, I am fully aware of the value of supply management, and I urge the Senate to pass Bill C-282.
International Trade October 9th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, having been a dairy farmer for a large portion of my life, I fully understand and appreciate the value of the supply management program. Our government fully supports Bill C-282 and urges the other place to move on this legislation as quickly as possible.
Government Priorities October 7th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is well aware that it was our party that initiated the supply management program. It is our party that has supported the supply management program throughout its history. It is a very successful program.
We supported Bill C-282. We urge the other place to move on this legislation.
Carbon Pricing October 1st, 2024
Mr. Speaker, being a farmer myself, I know what it is like for farmers to be on the front line of climate change. Our farmers face devastating storms like hurricane Fiona, which tore down barns and killed cattle. We have floods and fires right across the country. This is one of the reasons food prices are so high.
The government put a price on pollution that works. Also, in my hon. colleague's riding, the average farmer would receive $1,800 a year as a carbon rebate. I know the Conservative Party of Canada—