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House Hansard - 109

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 6, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • Oct/6/22 11:52:02 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am looking forward to seeing how the agriculture committee goes about its study. It was good to sub in on the committee when it was talking about grain dryers this week and the complexities around that. Most of the retail profit growth from Loblaws came from its pharmacies, like Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix. The study of profit growth and where the profits are happening could be part—
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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22
Mr. Lloyd Longfield
  • Oct/6/22 11:52:49 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the interpreters for helping us through my lack of French knowledge. I thank the hon. member for Berthier—Maskinongé for his work here this morning and also his work on the agriculture committee. The study the agriculture committee will be looking at, I am hoping, will look into the source of profits. Loblaws has drug store chains like Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix, which have actually been the highest part of their profit growth through this, with the sale of medications the drug stores provide. Also, with the transfer of food from restaurant sales to sales through the retail sector, there has been a shift in demand, so that will also impact prices. As the member mentioned, with climate change, California is not supplying fruits and vegetables to Canada to the degree it used to because of climate change impacts. Are these the types of things they will be able to look at during the study?
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Context: House Hansard - 109 - Oct/6/22
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • Oct/6/22 12:50:23 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for bringing forward such a wide range of impacts on our food supply, and also highlighting Food Day Canada, which is hopefully coming through Parliament, and the work of innovation. The hon. member could maybe highlight the need to protect our water supply and climate, so that farmers can do the work they do so well. An elder from the indigenous community said that our climate crisis is actually a water crisis, and that impacts the cost of food we are debating today. Could the hon. member expand on that?
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