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Hon. Lisa M. Thompson

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Huron—Bruce
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • 408 Queen St. P.O. Box 426 Blyth, ON N0M 1H0 Lisa.Thompsonco@pc.ola.org
  • tel: 519-523-4251
  • fax: 226-523-9296
  • Lisa.Thompson@pc.ola.org

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  • May/30/23 11:20:00 a.m.

I’m pleased to rise in this House today to share that the purpose of moving Ontario forward is that we’re excelling on all cylinders, and that includes our agri-food sector. It means making sure that we have employees and family members who want to work on the farm close to home so they have access to that farm. But the most important part in all of this conversation today is to recognize that our government put forward a consultation on the provincial policy statement. The whole concept behind a consultation is that you position; you put out ideas so that you can hear people’s perspectives and bring them back and understand where priorities lie. And in that spirit, I am so pleased to share with you, as the Premier shared yesterday, that the livestock commodity organizations and other organizations, as well, came forward, exercised their respectful voice—

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