Dave Epp

Madam Speaker, I understand that my colleague's roots are in the farm fields of Portage—Lisgar, just as mine are from those in Chatham-Kent—Leamington. We both share professional experience in ag organizations prior to our parliamentary life here. Where we diverge, however, is that his daughter is younger than both of my granddaughters, but that is not for debate today. On Tuesday, we debated [more]

Madam Speaker, I have appreciated serving with the member at times on FOPO, the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. I usually come from a freshwater perspective, and he is often a little saltier, I think from his surrounding water. transport minister He mentioned in his speech the port overhauls and the St. Lawrence authority overhauls. Did theconsult with the local port authorities and [more]

Mr. Speaker, witnessing the government, the old one and the new one, has actually made me appreciate our health care system and its ability to treat whiplash. This government, on the rhetoric side, has gone from supporting carbon taxes, environmental considerations above all others and cancelling seven LNG projects that are on the books, to stating that it is going to move at speeds unheard of. [more]

Winnipeg North Mr. Speaker, I thank the member forfor his always thoughtful, probing comments and questions. Half a trillion dollars is the net amount of capital that has fled this country in the last 10 years. A promise and a summit is what we have had. No one has ever criticized the government's ability to hold summits, make promises or have photo ops, and I am sure glossy brochures come with [more]

C-5 Mr. Speaker, I am going to remind the member opposite that Bill, the omnibus Building Canada Act, was passed in this chamber with our support. We are the ones that said, “Let us get going.” We are the ones that said, “We really need to get Canada moving.” The evidence has not been there. Now here we are, one year later, with the building Canada strong act.

C-39 Madam Speaker, it is always an honour to bring the voices of Chatham-Kent—Leamington to this chamber. Tonight, I am speaking to Bill. C-39 It is certainly not a small piece of legislation before us. Bill, the building Canada strong act, is a substantial omnibus bill covering major project approvals, transportation, trade and labour. At roughly 250 pages, it is legislation that deserves a [more]

Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her excellent speech. I know she reviews legislation very carefully. C-39 C-69 C-48 Billpurports that it would build things at speeds that generations have not seen. Obviously, that would require the repeal of Billand Bill. Is that in part 1, part 2 or part 3? I could not find it. In what part of this massive bill is the repeal of that legislation? [more]

Mr. Speaker, across Canada, farmers are bringing in the harvest. The work that began months ago is coming down to these critical weeks where the weather, the crop and the clock all come together. There is no postponing the harvest because conditions are not perfect or the economics are unfavourable. When the crop is ready, farmers have to get it off the field. Tractors and trucks, combines and [more]

C-39 C-5 Mr. Speaker, I wonder if my colleague from Skeena—Bulkley Valley would agree with the following statement. The presentation in this chamber of Billis actually a proof point, in the same manner that Billwas a proof point. C-5 C-39 What do I mean? Well, Billis a proof point that 10 or 11 years of Liberal government has basically stifled resource development in this country, so the [more]

Just a number.

Okay. Switching topics, the last time the PMRA, now the PRD, received a dollop of money—$81 million over about a four-year period—we ended up with a transformation project and a citizen science panel. That was supposed to speed things up. It did not. It slowed things down. Where does the confidence from the agri-food sector come from with this last announcement of additional funds?

I'll gladly do an over-under with you, Mr. Minister. A report by HEC Montréal, Université Laval and the University of Waterloo on the high-speed rail project between Québec City and Toronto issued some recommendations and asked how many farms were being affected. You say that the corridor hasn't even been picked. Has your department even looked at alternatives? Have you lobbied for far [more]

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Minister, vital to food security is, of course, a continued investment in research. Fifty-four per cent of the cuts are to the workforce of the science and innovation branch, 75% of the spending that's already been tabled here. However, you did state that the scientists are being offered relocation. Can you tell us how many are staying within the branch? We have had direct [more]

How can there be a $90-billion price tag that we can have confidence in if the route hasn't been placed and we don't know how many catapults are going to be installed to transport farm equipment or livestock across the track?