44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 23, 2022
- 04:50:45 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I'm sorry to interrupt the senator, but we can no longer hear the interpretation.
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- 04:58:01 p.m.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for coming.
As I wouldn't want my riding to be one of the few not to be mentioned today, I would ask my colleagues not to underestimate the agri-food potential of Berthier—Maskinongé, the most beautiful riding in the world.
Mr. Black and Mr. Nater, congratulations on this initiative. I don't think local food is ever assigned the importance it deserves.
I understand the reason for the date change, but can you tell me why Bill C‑281 was rejected in the 42nd Parliament?
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- 04:59:12 p.m.
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Once more, something that was done properly the first time will have to be redone yet again.
I still have some questions for you.
I understand the intent of Food Day in Canada, which is to promote farm production and inform the general population about how food is produced, where it is produced, and the chain that gets food from the farm to the table. All of that is excellent.
So why was “National Food Day” changed to “Food Day in Canada”? It strikes me that “local food” would have been quite accurate too.
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- 05:00:34 p.m.
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I understand. So the goal has not changed.
The day chosen is already called Food Day Canada. It's already a day designed to promote production in certain areas.
Do you think this new day will compete with the other or will it be complementary and contribute to the focus on local food?
I'd like to hear your comments on that.
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- 05:01:47 p.m.
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I understand the intent. I believe it's fairly obvious that I'm in favour of the initiative. But that doesn't prevent us from trying to improve things.
What needs to be done to make this day special? As you pointed out in your response, there are already all kinds of days devoted to all kinds of things. I don't know whether my parliamentary colleagues have experienced what I have as I tried to keep track of all this on social networks, but at a certain point, you let it go. There are so many days for so many things that they become less meaningful in the end.
If we want this day to have a positive and profitable impact on agriculture, then special events need to be organized. It needs to be promoted in a particular way.
Have you discussed this? Have you thought about adding something about that in your bill? Or is the general idea satisfactory to you and you feel that everything will fall into place automatically?
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- 05:03:56 p.m.
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Thank you very much. That answers my questions.
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- 05:23:22 p.m.
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I just wanted to ask a final question. I didn't want to cut you off, Mr. Chair. I can wait until you finish to ask it.
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- 05:23:29 p.m.
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All right, I understand. The chair wishes to retain the privilege of having the final word.
Mr. Black, I spoke to you earlier about the name of the day. Since everyone agrees that its clear objective is to make people aware of the importance of eating local products, why not include that in the title?
It's a big question that I'm asking, but you don't have to answer it. It's just that I was wondering about it earlier. In French, it's “Journée canadienne de l'alimentation”; in English, it's “Food Day in Canada”. So it's a day devoted to food, but it doesn't say that it's about local food.
Would you consider an amendment that would simply add the word “local” before the word “food” in the title? Would you be favourable to a proposal like that or do you think it's already clear enough?
That's my final question. Thank you.
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