Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, unfortunately my French is not yet good enough for me to ask my colleague a question in French, but hopefully it will be someday soon. The member talked about her concerns with the agriculture sector. A constituent said to me the other day, which I thought was an in

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, it is an interesting that the member is talking about this pandemic and the tragedies. I do not think anyone here is arguing that fact. However, how does he think we are going to address that pandemic? Personal protective equipment, vaccines and antivirals all come f

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, I could not agree more with my colleague. All of us have to take a moment to show our appreciation for Canadians across the country who have done everything they possibly can to deal with this pandemic. When we were elected, I do not think anybody in this room coul

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, I can speak from my perspective, however, I want to take this moment to thank my staff from the bottom of my heart. They have been absolutely incredible. My constituency office has never been busier. We are having some very emotional discussions with our constituents

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is exactly right. I know a large portion of Canadians are not following Parliament as a daily routine like we are. They may not see the intricacies and things that are a part of Parliament, like all the standing committees being operational, opposition

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, that question is extremely frustrating, and I think it goes to the lack of knowledge that my colleague has on the energy sector. Between 75% and 85% of all green and renewable energy is done by traditional energy companies. If it were not for those companies, we wo

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate your giving me that extra six and a half minutes, because I was mentally prepared for 16 and a half minutes, and I appreciate your clarifying that time. I was listening to an online conference of Alltech, a large agriculture company, this week. One of t

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, my speech is going to change a little just because of what I heard this afternoon as part of this debate. I have to say that I am shocked and surprised that one of my colleagues would say that this building does not matter, that the House of Commons does not matter.

Agriculture and Agri-Food  Mr. Speaker, even before COVID-19, Canadian farm families were struggling. Farm revenues fell by 45% in 2018, the largest drop in Canadian history. During the pandemic, the Liberals increase the carbon tax on farmers and do not offer any assistance for an essential industry. The

Agriculture and Agri-Food  Mr. Speaker, the minister obviously does not understand how dire and desperate the situation is for Canadian farmers and agri-food businesses. Her response to farmers is that they just do not understand the programs. What programs: an online calculator and more debt? How out of t

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to my colleague's speech. He talked about the problem of so much food being imported into his constituency, which is at about 95%. How would Canadian farmers be able to feed the country if indeed the oil and gas sector were dead?

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for sharing his experience and for the real detail he went into talking about this issue. What does it means to his constituents that there was nothing to deal with the processing capacity across Canada and with the impact that will have

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, the essence of the discussion tonight is just how woefully short the efforts of the Liberals have been, including to assist agriculture. On this, including the $200 million for the Dairy Commission, how is Canada stacking up in its assistance for its agriculture se

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for Brandon—Souris for his intervention, for his wealth of knowledge when it comes to the agriculture sector and specifically for his comments on Bill C-16. I wonder if the member could comment on some of the things he has heard from his

Canadian Dairy Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I think there is no doubt about it when we have seen over the last several weeks that the United States has asked Canada to make sure that 100% of our TRQs go to retailers and when the dairy processors and producers are asking for those TRQs to be as close to the far