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House Hansard - 93

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 21, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • Jun/21/22 2:41:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last week, the Minister of Finance once again made an announcement about inflation without giving one cent to our farmers. She has been warned for months that agriculture is at risk. Inflation strikes farmers three times, not just once. The price of fuel, fertilizer and animal feed has skyrocketed and added $1.5 billion to their costs. If Ottawa does nothing, producers could go bankrupt and the price of food will continue to rise. Farmers submitted specific requests to the minister. When will she finally support them?
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.)
  • Jun/21/22 2:42:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, once again, I agree with my colleague that our farmers work extremely hard and that, just like society as a whole, they are faced with very high prices right now for food, inputs and energy. That is why we are helping them in different ways. Last year, the Department of Agriculture had its largest budget ever, with $4 billion for the agricultural sector. I assure my colleague that we are working on different options to see how we can provide our farmers with more assistance.
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