John Barlow
- Born
- 1971
- Political Experience
- Canadian Member of Parliament from 2014 until present
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering federal politics, John Barlow had a career in journalism. He reportedly worked for more than 15 years in the newspaper industry, serving as an editor for several community newspapers, including the Okotoks Western Wheel. Following his journalism career, he worked for the Alberta Wheat Commission as the director of communications and market development. This role involved working on behalf of Alberta's wheat farmers.
Key Relationships & Connections
As the Conservative Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Agri-Food and Food Security, John Barlow maintains relationships with major agricultural organizations, industry leaders, and farming groups across Canada. He has served in various shadow cabinet roles under Conservative leaders Andrew Scheer, Erin O'Toole, and Pierre Poilievre, indicating his connection to the party's senior leadership.
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John Barlow won with 54,874 votes (76.3%)
Total votes cast: 71,888
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Thanks, Minister. I know the answer to the question. The answer is that this is going to stay. You talk about the EU, but this isn't impossible. Your government exempted tariffs on other commodities like airplane parts and cobalt from Russia. For some reason, your government is picking winners and losers and, once again, when it comes to decisions by your government, farmers are losing. You
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Minister. You talked about the importance of food security. We had Jeff Harrison, the chair of the board of the Grain Farmers of Ontario, here last week, and he said that you can't have food affordability if farmers can't afford to farm. One key thing that you could have done as part of your announcement last week was remove the 35% tariff on
As Mr. Lemire said, we're going to have a motion to reopen the debate on the Alto motion, which we will vote on, and I will request a recorded vote on that motion. Before that, though, I think it's very clear from the questions that were asked today that this is a question of food security and food sovereignty, and I'm actually really quite concerned that the minister, in his—
His conscience is getting the best of him. I understand.
I'll move to another topic. We had you here a few weeks ago, and we asked you about the closure of the research centres. Again, this certainly relates to food security and food sovereignty. In answer to a question from a colleague, you said that those closures were worthwhile. Do you still believe that the closure of seven experimental farms and research centres is a worthwhile decision?
Okay.
We have agreed to a deadline. We're going to stick to the deadline of June. If they want to miss the deadline and not submit recommendations, I think that's up to them. I don't see any reason why we need to delay this to the fall.
We've heard all the witness testimony. We're not going to be talking to other witnesses through the summer, as part of this study. I'm sorry, Ms. Chatel. You were the one who, this winter, said that this was so important and that we had to finish this before we rose this spring because of the BRM discussions as part of the FTP meetings. Now you're saying that we should put this off until later
It is very concerning. You can blame Alto, but this is your project, your government's project, so I don't think you can just put this on Alto. To me, the fact that you do not know how many farms are potentially going to be impacted by this rail means that you have not been part of the consultation or part of the process within your cabinet, and it concerns me that you have not had some
I'd like a recorded vote, please. See Minutes of Proceedings (Motion negatived: nays 6; yeas 5 [])
That doesn't stop me from asking the minister. What's the point of order here?
Thank you, Minister. That's an interesting answer, as 54% of the workforce cuts and 75% of the spending cuts in your department are coming from the science and innovation research branch. I think your answer to this committee is a little misleading. My last question is about your conversations around the country. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities voted 98% in opposition to the closures
Just to rephrase the question then, how much food production will be removed as a result of the Alto high-speed rail? That certainly would impact Canada's food sovereignty and food security. How many acres in yield production will be removed from use as a result of the high-speed rail? Do you know the answer to that?