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View Neil Ellis Profile
Lib. (ON)
View Neil Ellis Profile
2020-12-01 18:21 [p.2799]
Madam Speaker, the government strongly supports supply management and is delivering on its commitment to compensate our supply-managed sectors for the impact of recent trade agreements.
The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food recently announced a substantial package that delivers on the Government of Canada's commitment to provide full and fair compensation for market access concessions made under the Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. A total of $2 billion in federal support will be made available to every dairy producer for the impacts of CETA and CPTPP, including $1.75 billion to be paid in the form of direct payments. Of this amount, $345 million was made available to eligible dairy producers in the 2019-20 fiscal year. All eligible dairy producers who applied have received their payment.
The government has also set a schedule to deliver the remaining $1.4 billion through direct payments to farmers over a timeline of only three years. Dairy farmers will receive, on the basis of their milk quota, cash payments of $468 million in 2020-21, $469 million in 2021-22 and $468 million in 2022-23. These payments will continue to be delivered through the Canadian Dairy Commission. These amounts build on the $250 million CETA on-farm investment program, which has already approved 3,327 applications. Dairy producers now have greater certainty as to the level and timing of support as they adapt to the new market environment.
The government is also delivering on its commitment to provide full and fair compensation to poultry and egg producers for the impacts of the CPTPP. Up to $691 million for 10-year programs will be made available for supply-managed chicken, egg, broiler hatching egg and turkey farmers. These programs directly respond to what was requested by the poultry and egg working group following the ratification of CPTPP and will provide producers with targeted support to make on-farm investments, improve productivity and carry out market development activities. Program details will be designed in consultation with sector representatives and launched as soon as possible. This compensation package will help dairy, poultry and egg farmers make strategic investments on their farms and improve their operations to be even more competitive.
Our government remains committed to engaging the sectors on full and fair compensation for CUSMA. We also remain committed to supporting our processors of supply-managed products for their market impacts.
The government pledged to compensate supply-managed farmers and that is exactly what we are doing.
View Luc Berthold Profile
CPC (QC)
View Luc Berthold Profile
2020-12-01 18:24 [p.2800]
Madam Speaker, it is almost as though we were listening to the press conference the Minister of Agriculture gave last Saturday all over again. It was an improvised press conference, remember, because the details were in Tuesday's policy statement. The documents were probably still being printed.
At the very end of his speech, my colleague talked about compensation for the free trade agreement with the United States and Mexico.
How long will that take? We are starting today. Does today count as day one or does Saturday? How many times will we be told that dairy, egg and poultry producers will be fully and fairly compensated very soon?
This government is improvising when it comes to compensation for dairy farmers, processors, and egg and poultry producers.
Unfortunately, Canada's entire agricultural industry is suffering as a result.
View Neil Ellis Profile
Lib. (ON)
View Neil Ellis Profile
2020-12-01 18:25 [p.2800]
Madam Speaker, the industry has asked for clarity and certainty from the government as it relates to compensation, and we have provided just that. In August 2019, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced that $1.75 billion would be provided to compensate Canadian dairy farmers over eight years. Between December 2019 and January 2020, more than 10,000 dairy farmers received a cash payment of $345 million. The government has now set a schedule to deliver the remaining $1.4 billion through direct payments to farmers over a timeline of only three years, giving dairy producers greater certainty as they adapt to a new market environment.
The government has also announced $691 million for a 10-year program for the 4,800 Canadian chicken, egg, broiler hatching egg and turkey farmers. Collectively, this support will help dairy, poultry and egg producers adapt to new market conditions by replacing foregone income, increasing producer confidence in the future of supply-managed systems and providing producers with the opportunity to make strategic investments in their operations.
Through these investments, dairy, poultry and egg farmers will be able to improve their operations and be even more competitive, which will help—
View Joël Godin Profile
CPC (QC)
Madam Speaker, I want to ask this government's Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food to pay just a little attention to the people who work every day to feed Canadians.
Farmers are the lifeblood of many of our rural communities. They have given a lot and we need to respect them. The Liberal government has made some fine promises to buy their silence and get them to agree to the concessions made during the most recent trade agreement negotiations. Now, it is time to provide the timeline for the promised payments to all eligible farmers and agriculture processors. That is the least this government can do to recognize the importance of the men and women who work in this critical sector of our economy.
Supply management must be protected, and our leader has committed to never use supply management as a bargaining chip in future negotiations. Enough is enough. Why put these business owners through that kind of stress? When someone is just trying to give the impression that they respect a group, they act like the Minister of Agriculture is acting. They are evasive and change the rules of the game.
I am asking the Minister of Agriculture to stop playing cat and mouse and to show respect for our farmers by keeping her word.
View Yves Perron Profile
BQ (QC)
View Yves Perron Profile
2020-11-26 15:10 [p.2530]
Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations among the parties and I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion:
That the House recognize that the government should respect its promise to supply-managed producers and processors affected by the last three economic agreements by: (a) revealing details without delay related to the compensation that will be paid to dairy, egg, chicken and poultry producers and processors for the duration of the compensation agreements; and (b) budgeting this compensation to make it predictable until the end of the agreement.
View Anthony Rota Profile
Lib. (ON)
This being a hybrid sitting of the House, for the sake of clarity, I will only ask those who are opposed to the motion to express their disagreement.
Accordingly, all those opposed to the hon. members' motion will please say nay.
There being no dissenting voice, I declare the motion carried.
View Luc Berthold Profile
CPC (QC)
View Luc Berthold Profile
2020-11-25 15:10 [p.2416]
Mr. Speaker, let us chat with the Prime Minister about supply management.
The Liberals' compensation plan was announced shortly before the 2019 election. Cheques were supposed to go out right after the election. It has been radio silence ever since. Not a peep about compensation for 2020 even though there are fewer than 40 days left in the year. Not a peep about 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026.
This is a matter of respect. When will the Prime Minister deliver compensation to dairy, egg and poultry producers?
View Justin Trudeau Profile
Lib. (QC)
View Justin Trudeau Profile
2020-11-25 15:10 [p.2416]
Mr. Speaker, we have always stood up for dairy producers and supply management, and we always will.
We committed to full and fair compensation in the amount of $1.75 billion, and that will be delivered before the end of the fiscal year. Beginning in August 2019, all dairy producers who applied received a cheque for the first instalment.
We protected supply management during negotiations for the new NAFTA. We have kept our promise to compensate farmers, and we will continue to do so.
View Luc Berthold Profile
CPC (QC)
View Luc Berthold Profile
2020-11-25 15:10 [p.2416]
Mr. Speaker, it is important to remind members that dairy producers are not the only ones under supply management.
There has been a lot of talk, but no answers. Egg and poultry producers have not seen a penny, despite the repeated promises of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. Dairy processors have been met with same disturbing silence from the Liberals. There has not been a word about compensation for the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement. The Prime Minister is tooting his own horn on supply management, which he only talks about when an election is on the horizon.
Farmers are tired of waiting. When will supply-managed farmers get their cheques?
View Justin Trudeau Profile
Lib. (QC)
View Justin Trudeau Profile
2020-11-25 15:11 [p.2416]
Mr. Speaker, unlike the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party has always defended supply management.
We introduced the system 40 years ago, and it still works very well for farmers and producers. We will always defend supply management. When we had to renegotiate NAFTA with an American president who wanted to completely dismantle supply management, we held our own and were able to negotiate a good agreement.
We pledged to compensate supply-managed farmers, and that is exactly what we are doing.
View Erin O'Toole Profile
CPC (ON)
View Erin O'Toole Profile
2020-11-25 15:12 [p.2416]
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Party made promises to everyone before getting elected.
The problem is that it never keeps its promises, except the ones it makes to its Liberal friends. The most recent people to be abandoned are farmers, who the Liberals promised to give compensation for trade agreements. Farmers are struggling and they have given enough. When will the Prime Minister keep his promise?
View Justin Trudeau Profile
Lib. (QC)
View Justin Trudeau Profile
2020-11-25 15:13 [p.2417]
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to hear the opposition leader say that farmers are our friends because they are.
We are keeping our promises by giving them $1.75 billion in compensation. Every dairy farmer who submitted an application has received a cheque for the first instalment. We will continue to protect supply management and stand up for our dairy, poultry and egg farmers. We will continue to be there to protect farmers across the country.
View Yves Perron Profile
BQ (QC)
View Yves Perron Profile
2020-11-24 14:53 [p.2328]
Mr. Speaker, our farmers cannot count on the federal government. It promised them it would protect supply management, but it sacrificed them for three agreements in a row. Then it promised full compensation for their losses. The dairy sector got a cheque in 2019, but there has been nothing since.
The government is presenting its economic update on Monday. Will it reveal the details of compensation for all supply-managed producers and for processors?
Most importantly, this time will it budget money now for future years?
View Marie-Claude Bibeau Profile
Lib. (QC)
Mr. Speaker, I can assure you that we understand the supply management system very well and that we are protecting it. We protected it from Donald Trump, who wanted to dismantle it.
In the summer of 2019, we announced $1.75 billion for dairy producers. Less than a year ago, we sent $345 million in initial compensation to 11,000 producers. We will keep our promises.
View Brad Vis Profile
CPC (BC)
Mr. Speaker, after trading away access to Canada's dairy market, our farmers and processors are still waiting on the Liberal government to honour its commitment on trade compensation payments.
We want the date. When will the compensation be delivered to Canadian farmers and processors?
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