Steven Bonk

Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Mr. Speaker, during one of the answers to a question from a colleague of mine, the member forsaid their government was working, and I do not want him to inadvertently mislead the House. I was wondering if he would withdraw that comment.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a great Saskatchewan cattleman and, more importantly, my friend and mentor, Thomas “Teg” Grieve of Fillmore, who recently passed away at the age of 93. Teg was a cattleman through and through. For 51 years, he exhibited at Agribition, supported 4H and young cattlemen, and earned the respect of people in the cattle industry across Canada and far beyond. [more]

C-5 Mr. Speaker, the government announced a supply chain office in 2023, with no results. Then last year we passed Bill, which gave the Liberals extraordinary powers, with no results. Then they started a special projects office, but so far, there are no results. Now they want to build on more bureaucracy. When will the government finally get something done? There are 500 projects in the wings [more]

We know that in Brazil, for example, they've taken over a year to report BSE in their food system. We've had animals that could potentially have been in the food system and, if Mercosur goes through, could end up in the Canadian food system. What would you do to protect Canadians from this?

I'm just going to ask a question about Mercosur. We've had a lot of witnesses here. All the major associations representing producers in Canada have come out very strongly against further access for Mercosur countries into our beef market in Canada. They're citing concerns of lower slaughter standards in South American countries, as well as concerns about labour standards and disease. We've had [more]

When was the last time you did an audit?

We only have three minutes, so I'm going to ask a question about Mercosur—