Agriculture committee  It's important to look at the U.K.'s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, more broadly, taking into account the various sectors of the economy. Some agricultural sectors, including corn, are benefiting. Pork exports cou

Agriculture committee  I work with the Minister of Health on a variety of files involving the Pest Management Regulatory Agency, or PMRA.

Agriculture committee  The agency operates independently and makes science-based decisions. I can't tell the agency what to do, as you are well aware. Nevertheless, to the extent my position allows, I am encouraging the agency to do that, within reasonable limits. I wanted to understand why the decisio

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are here today to discuss the 2023‑24 main estimates for the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food. These main estimates total more than $1.8 billion, for this fiscal year alone, but I expect total expenditures for 2023‑24 to exceed $3.8 billion. Thes

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, as my colleague the Minister of Environment and Climate Change said, Quebec has its own system. The price on pollution imposed by the federal government does not apply to Quebec. Unlike the Conservatives, who cut risk management and research and innovation programs

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, our farmers are the first to realize the price we are paying for climate change, whether it is because of a drought like the one in the west two years ago, a flood like the one in British Columbia two years ago or a hurricane like the one in the Atlantic provinces ju

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, our farmers are the first to be affected by climate change. They are heavily involved in the fight against climate change and in reducing emissions. Our programs for helping them apply best practices and learn new technologies, and for investing in research and inov

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, my colleague should know just how much our government is doing to help farmers. Right now, we are enhancing and improving the advance payments program, which enables farmers to get interest-free loans of up to $350,000. We also enhanced the program for good agricult

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I do not know if my colleague heard, but last week, I announced a new call for proposals for the local food infrastructure fund. We are providing $10 million to help our food banks, community gardens, community greenhouses, youth centres, seniors' programs and more.

Agriculture and Agri‑Food  Mr. Speaker, we must recognize all the work that our farmers do. They work extremely hard and know that they bear the pressure for feeding us in these challenging times. We want to help them in different ways. In the recent budget, we increased the interest-free portion of the a

Agriculture and Agri‑Food  Mr. Speaker, like my colleague, I saw the results of the poll and the various studies. It is very concerning to see that we might lose so many of our agricultural producers. That is why we are working in collaboration with the Government of Quebec on various options. We have j

Agriculture and Agri-Food  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Pontiac. It is my pleasure to inform all our colleagues that budget 2023 includes a $10-million enhancement to the local food infrastructure fund. This program was created as part of Canada's first official food policy and is designed

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of good news in budget 2023 for our farmers, starting with the vaccine bank for foot and mouth disease. This was a request made by the various meat sectors in Canada and it was very important to them. In addition, the advance payments program has been

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, once again, our government is always there to support our agricultural producers in different ways. We signed the sustainable Canadian agricultural partnership, which will give $3.5 billion to the agricultural sector. When the Conservatives were in power, they cut

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, once again, we know how hard we have been working with and for farmers in Canada. I am very pleased to say that we are currently finalizing the agreements for the sustainable Canadian agricultural partnership. This $3.5-billion program will help our farmers improve