John Barlow

Mr. Speaker, I am disappointed with the response from the parliamentary secretary, but he was right. This is a question about priorities, as he said, and the priorities clearly are not research and innovation when 72% of the budget cuts at AAFC are in research, science and innovation. That is a fact. When he says it is not research centres that are being closed in these provinces, that is simply [more]

Mr. Speaker, two weeks ago, a critical part of Canada's agriculture history and research was lost. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada sold a historical beef herd at the Nappan experimental farm near Amherst, Nova Scotia. This was the first step in what is the dismantling of the very heart of Canadian public research, innovation and science at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. AFC is closing down [more]

C-41 Mr. Speaker, I am somewhat displeased to have to rise to speak to Bill, as I have risen in the House on a number of occasions since 2017, when the Liberals brought forward the initial MAID bill. I want to go back to that initial MAID bill to show why I am raising some concerns with where we are today. I held a number of town halls throughout my riding of Foothills when the initial MAID [more]

C-41 Mr. Speaker, one of the reasons I am concerned about Billis that the Liberals claim it to be the MAID safeguards act. They have had multiple opportunities to adhere to the safeguards they have allegedly put in place in previous MAID legislation, but it is very clear that they have blown by those safeguards. MAID has expanded since the very first bill in 2017. I wonder if my colleague shares [more]

Mr. Speaker, for more than 40 years, he battled wildfires and faced off against raging floodwaters, but every single time he was called to action, he did not flinch. Dean Vincent spent more than 40 years running towards danger to ensure that he helped protect his friends and neighbours of High River. Last week, Dean announced his well-earned retirement after 40 years at the High River Fire [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise to speak in favour of this bill, which comes from Senator Robert Black, who should be commended for the work that he and his team did on developing his soil study, which was released last year. One of the most important parts of this study is that it highlights what Canadian farmers are already doing. Over the last 10 or 11 years, the government has done all [more]

Mr. Speaker, at the beginning of the member's speech, she mentioned that, although the bill is well-intentioned and there are some good elements to it, one of her concerns was the potential of adding additional bureaucracy, which could slow down some of the things we are trying to accomplish with the bill, certainly in ensuring that the tools are there for our law enforcement to act on these [more]

Madam Speaker, it is a sad day for Canadian agriculture. The historic beef herd at the Nappan research farm is being shipped to auction today. The Liberals are sacrificing 140 years of irreplaceable research and shutting down one of Canada's oldest experimental farms. More than 70% of the cuts at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are in science and research. As a result, research farms in [more]

Madam Speaker, what are the available resources, when 72% of the cuts in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are in science and innovation? As a result of this, we are losing research farms in every single province across the country. Instead of investing in food research here at home, the Liberals spent $22 million on beans for Women of Empowerment in Congo and $8 million on gender-neutral rice in [more]

Mr. Speaker, the member said to not politicize a food affordability crisis, a crisis that lies clearly at the feet of the Liberal government. In its 10 years, food prices are up 30%. The number of Canadians being forced to a food bank has doubled. In my riding, in Okotoks, in one quarter, the food bank served 26,000 people. Shockingly, 30% of those people had full-time jobs, but they still were [more]