Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel. I am pleased to rise in the chamber today to speak to this motion on supply management. Agriculture in general is an always important topic that requires our attention. The basic

Supply   the effectiveness of the system, saying that “the principle of supply management has enabled family farms in Quebec to survive. 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

Supply   a high quality product to consumers for a fair price with a reasonable return to the producer. We are 100% behind supply management. We have definitely benefited from the quality food products that are brought forward. I know, from experience, that the product price

Supply  Mr. 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

Agriculture   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.

Canadian Wheat Board Act  , I am afraid to see the Conservative government go after another collective marketing tool. Hon. members will have guessed that I am talking about supply management, which Quebec holds dear and which, as we know, accounts for 40% of farm income in Quebec. I mention this because

International Trade committee   as we can for a successful outcome. Sir, may I also comment briefly on supply management. That is a domestic issue in Canada, and not one that as a guest in your country, I ought to be commenting on too much. But I do need to say that it does pose some philosophical and commercial

Committees of the House   international environment. It is no secret, and I and my party have said this before, that our competitors would like to see an end to the Canadian Wheat Board, just as they would like to see an end to supply management. Underlying this debate, however, is a question that we often do

Agriculture committee   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

Agriculture committee   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

Agriculture committee  . Our industry has producers in all provinces and in the Northwest Territories. As you know, our industry operates under supply management. This system has allowed egg and poultry and dairy producers to obtain fair prices for their products without relying on financial support from

Agriculture committee   the reintroduction of export subsidies and the reactivation of their dairy export program, which had been terminated as a government intervention. This is the situation we're in. I want to turn to page 10, slide 19, if I may, on the benefits of supply management. In this cost comparison

Agriculture committee   if you feed people, your economy does better. That was a simple equation. Within that meeting we discussed that we need a way to manage supply, we need a way to get a fair price to our farmer, and we need a way to make sure that it maintains it long term. So basically they were

Canada-Jordan Free Trade Act   conditions, rather than just minimizing the damage of unrestricted trade. The federal and provincial procurement policies, which stimulate Canadian industries by allowing governments to favour suppliers here at home, supply management boards and single desk marketers, like the Canadian

Agriculture committee   trade agreements. All of the agricultural industry is involved in that, with the exception of supply management, where we have been able to protect it thanks to the credit of this government and others. And yet we're seeing... I did a little tour across the country on behalf of my