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House Hansard - 161

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Mr. Richard Lehoux (Beauce, CPC)
  • Feb/15/23 2:13:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today we are celebrating Canada's Agriculture Day by paying tribute to our farmers' hard work, perseverance and innovation. These men and women work so hard day after day so that Canadians and the rest of the world have healthy, nutritious, high-quality food to eat. As a fourth-generation farmer, I am very proud of the contribution that agriculture makes in my region. It is very important that future generations have the stability and predictability they need to maintain the family farms that do so much to keep our rural communities strong. As Conservatives, we want to create prosperity and opportunities for the entire agricultural industry. Agriculture must be one of the economic drivers for getting our economy back on track. The government must adopt policies that make farming easier, not harder. Today, on Canada's Agriculture Day, let us take a moment to thank all those who work tirelessly to provide us with excellent food. I thank all farmers across Canada for their passion, commitment and perseverance, but, above all, I thank them for feeding our families.
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Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Mr. John Barlow (Foothills, CPC)
  • Feb/15/23 2:35:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the Prime Minister, it has never been more expensive to grow or buy food. A Saskatchewan farmer told me yesterday that his carbon tax bill just to dry his grain was $2,000 in one month. The Liberal tariff on fertilizer costs eastern Canadian farmers more than $34 million. Under the Prime Minister's watch, we have lost hundreds of farms to bankruptcy, and food prices are up 12%. Will the Prime Minister help Canadians put food on the table and axe his farm-killing carbon tax?
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Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Mr. John Barlow (Foothills, CPC)
  • Feb/15/23 2:37:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I guess the minister did not understand I was asking a question about agriculture, not about oil prices. What the Liberals have to understand is their carbon tax has very real consequences. What it is doing is suffocating Canadian farm families and giving Canadian families sticker shock when they go to the grocery store. It is only going to get worse. When the Liberal-NDP carbon tax coalition triples its carbon tax, a farmer will be paying $150,000 a year in carbon tax. There are consequences. The consequences are that produce is up 13%, bread is up 16% and pasta is up more than 20%. Will the Prime Minister take responsibility for this food crisis and axe this farm-killing carbon tax?
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