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House Hansard - 128

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 16, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Ms. Lianne Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, CPC)
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government is making everything more expensive. Even the basic necessity of food is up 11.4% with inflation. This means that 51% of people are cutting back on buying groceries, and 20% are skipping meals. Unlike the Liberal elites, the average Canadian knows that cutting their $13-a-month Disney+ subscription is not going to feed their family. That is why we need to support our farmers. Canadian farmers grow some of the highest-quality produce in the world, while following the strictest regulations, but the cost of producing fresh food in Canada is going up, way up, because of the Liberals' attack on Canadian energy, their nonsensical fertilizer-reduction policies and the tripling of the carbon tax. Increased costs of production mean growers are becoming uncompetitive with imported food. That costs our economy and our jobs. Conservatives know that supporting domestic food production will lower costs and keep Canadians fed. The time for Canadian food sovereignty is now.
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Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Mr. Richard Bragdon (Tobique—Mactaquac, CPC)
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Quebec. What is so important in this discussion and we need to remember is that our supply management sector has worked, is working and will continue to work. We need to make sure that we do everything we can to buttress the supply-managed sector. I will be supporting the bill, because I believe in that type of approach to agriculture. We have seen the success. My riding has been a beneficiary of it, and is very thankful for it. I have seen the difference that our dairy sector, our ag producers as well as our poultry and chicken producers have made. Many of them are family owned and family run. I think it is so important that we hold them up through the supply-managed sector. I would ask my hon. colleague if he could comment on the absolute importance of food security and how protecting supply management helps preserve our food security here in Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Mr. Luc Thériault
Madam Speaker, during the pandemic, we saw that supply-managed sectors did not experience the same shortages that other food sectors did. This system, this management model, is essential for food security, or what I refer to as food self-sufficiency.
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Context: House Hansard - 128 - Nov/16/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
Madam Speaker, I would like my colleague to elaborate on that. When it comes to supply management and food security, how could we also start exporting this model abroad so that countries around the world can have a solid local food foundation? That is something that we could do.
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