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Richard Lehoux

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 23, 2022
Context: Bill S-227, An Act to establish Food Day in Canada (AGRI) - Nov/23/22
Mr. Richard Lehoux (Beauce, CPC)
  • 05:09:20 p.m.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank Mr. Nater and Senator Black for being here. As a former agricultural producer, I find this bill, which establishes Food Day in Canada, to be excellent. I hope that it will be adopted soon and implemented in time for summer 2023. Mr. Nater, you briefly mentioned the idea of establishing various partnerships. I think you wanted to go into more detail on this. It will indeed be important, in order to properly celebrate Food Day in Canada, to clearly determine what partnerships might be developed. Here in Quebec, there are already certain things underway. It's important to determine whether we can work in partnership with these various stakeholders to boost the impact that the day will have in Canada. I believe it's important to underscore the importance of a bill like this at a time when we are conducting studies on food insecurity and looking into other related issues. Mr. Nater, could you go into more detail about the partnerships you mentioned earlier?
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Context: Bill S-227, An Act to establish Food Day in Canada (AGRI) - Nov/23/22
Mr. Richard Lehoux
  • 05:12:09 p.m.
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At the end of the line, the ultimate objective of this day is to make all Canadians aware of the importance of the food produced here, in Canada, wherever it may be. I don't want to start a rivalry between ridings, Mr. Nater, but you know that Beauce is an excellent farm production area. Over the past 10, 15 or 20 years, people have become increasingly unable to understand where the products they eat are coming from. This day is therefore very appropriate and should be focused on that aspect of things. Does Senator Black have anything to add?
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