Giovanna Mingarelli

Thank you. In developing a national food security strategy, how will your department ensure that measures aimed at improving food security, such as increasing domestic production and supply chain resilience, are matched by concrete support for farmers facing rising input costs and ongoing market volatility?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Minister, for being here with us today. Since the government is committed to strengthening Canada's long-term food resilience, can you update the committee on the progress being made in developing the national food security strategy? Specifically, how does the strategy recognize and support the critical role of rural agricultural regions, such as [more]

Thank you so much, Minister.

Thank you so much. I'm now going to direct my questions to you, Mr. Harrison. Eastern Ontario has a mix of smaller family farms and productive grain-land. Do policies designed at a national level sometimes miss the realities of the eastern Ontario region?

Are there unique soil, drainage or climate conditions in eastern Canada that should be reflected in federal agriculture programs but that we don't know about yet?

Thank you so much. This is the last question for both of you. Does your research suggest that communities like ours are overly dependent on external supply chains, despite being surrounded by agriculture production?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all the witnesses for being here today. I'm going to direct my questions to you, Monsieur Charlebois, to start. From your data, how resilient are regions, like my riding of Prescott—Russell—Cumberland, to global food disruptions compared to more urban or western agricultural regions?

It's no problem at all. Thank you for your answers. Your work emphasizes distribution. What vulnerabilities exist in regional food distribution networks like in eastern Ontario?