Supply  Speaker, I am pleased to participate in the debate today on the opposition motion on the topic of supply management. Canada's supply management system matches production to Canadian demand and allows farmers to receive a fair price from the marketplace without relying on taxpayer dollars. Supply management eliminates major fluctuations in prices at the farm processing or distribution level and ensures an efficient and secure food supply that respects Canadian safety and health standards.

Canadian Wheat Board Act  I fear that the next target will be the supply management system. Collective marketing is very important in Quebec. I have spoken at some length about supply management. In addition, there are the joint plans and the cooperatives. All of this serves to protect farmers’ income.

Supply Management  Mr. Chair, I am pleased to rise tonight to speak on the subject of supply management. Perhaps I will spend a few minutes to educate those who are watching as to what supply management is all about. Canada's supply management system matches production to Canadian demand and allows farmers to receive a fair price from the marketplace without relying on taxpayer dollars.

Supply  They sent us a clear message for the federal government, the message that Canada must accept no compromise on the supply management system. Everywhere this was the unanimous verdict. All the people we met with were most definite about it. There was no question of touching a single strand of the supply management system.

Supply  It ensures that consumers pay a fair price for their products and that producers get a fair share”. Supply management is a major tool for the economic vitality of our industry, and it is cost-effective. The Bloc motion proposes that, first of all, supply managed sectors be able to continue to provide producers with a fair and equitable income.

Supply  A Conservative government will support the goal of supply management to deliver a high quality product to consumers for a fair price with a reasonable return to the producer. Furthermore, our leader, the member for Calgary Southwest, has expressed his strong support for supply management by signing a declaration in support of this system.

Agriculture  Farmers have a right to be nervous when representatives appear before international boards, the WTO and others in order to move this issue forward. Not only does the government have to defend the interests of supply management, but it has to get the industry minister to also say very clearly that he supports supply management. The government also has to deal with the agribusinesses and get corporate control of the domestic supply of stores and everything else in this country so that our farmers can deliver their products locally and get a fair price.

Parliament of Canada Act  A Conservative government will support supply management and its goal to deliver a high quality product to consumers for a fair price with a reasonable return to the producer. The government has not stated what its negotiating position will be going into these meetings.

Agriculture committee  We continue to work on the catastrophic disaster component, production insurance, as well as a definition of supply management as a business risk management program. We look forward to continuing that work, as well as the details on the top tier that the minister announced a while ago. The other two pillars that we have in the Canadian farm bill are a public goods and services pillar and a strategic growth pillar.

Agriculture committee  Providing producers with these tools will not only provide a healthier primary sector, but should ultimately lead the agrifood sector to shift away from the volatility of the commodity market into high-quality value-added products. Supply management is a business risk management tool and it should never be overlooked. It should be fully included. The principle of developing an agricultural policy oriented toward feeding your people first has merit as it forces the agricultural sector, from producer to the manufacturer of finished products, to reconsider its priorities and may, in time, shift the agrifood sector into more lucrative niche markets.

Supply Management  That policy states that the Conservative Party of Canada believes it is in the best interests of Canada and Canadian agriculture that the industries under the protection of supply management remain viable. A Conservative government will support supply management and its goal to deliver a high-quality product to consumers for a fair price with a reasonable return to the producers.

Supply Management  Our farmers are hard-working and independent, but cooperation is becoming increasingly important to make our producers competitive in global markets. A Conservative government will support supply management and its goal to deliver a high quality product to consumers for a fair price with a reasonable return to the producer. This is common sense. However, it was only because of political pressures that the Liberal government even considered supporting supply management.

Supply Management  The member really tried to avoid saying much about the Conservative Party position on supply management. She talked about policies and actions. I can tell that member this: it was the Liberal Party that brought in supply management and it is the Liberal Party that has stood behind supply management for 35 years.

Supply  It states: The Conservative Party believes that it is in the best interests of Canada and Canadian agriculture that the industries under the protection of supply management remain viable. A Conservative government will support supply management and its goal to deliver a high quality product to consumers for a fair price with a reasonable return to the producer.

World Trade Organization  A Conservative government will support the goal of supply management to deliver a high quality product to consumers for a fair price with a reasonable return to the producer. Further to that, we also passed a resolution that forms our party's guiding principles when dealing with agricultural issues, forms the foundation for how we deal with agriculture in the future.