I want to thank the member from Elgin–Middlesex–London. His contributions to the agri-food sector are well known, and we’re sure better off with him in our caucus making a difference in the agri-food sector. I appreciate him and my parliamentary assistant and the Minister of Agriculture joining me for more than $6 million worth of announcements in a variety of different places and spaces in the agri-food sector.

There’s a very important reason for that: The largest growth opportunity for the agri-food sector is actually in northern Ontario. That’s right; from the clay belt, in Thunder Bay–Superior North and Rainy River—the official beginning of the Prairies—we see a tremendous opportunity to boost up our agri-food production.

The Premier and I were announcing in the spring a beef barn—

Northern Ontario is ready to receive the opportunity to contribute to Ontario’s world-class agriculture sector.

The newly self-anointed and self-appointed food security man from Timiskaming–Cochrane had no less than $28 million worth of agricultural investments in his riding. And do you know what he did? He voted against them every time. Why?

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