“I want the Minister of Finance to say that the national food security strategy will let us process more food in Canada. The government should make farmers sell their food here. We should have less choice where we buy food.”
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A debate about Canada processing more of its own food to give consumers more domestic options. The Liberals mostly just thanked and congratulated each other.
“I want to cheer for a program that spends money. Lots of money for food. Lots of money for infrastructure. More money to grow fruits and vegetables. Canadians should spend lots of money on my program.”