Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2024-05-23 14:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. John Barlow (Foothills, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. John Barlow (Foothills, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8416247\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, after nine years, the Liberal-NDP government is not worth the cost to Canadian farmers. This time, it is cutting funding to one of our most successful volunteer organizations. For 111 years, 4-H Canada has been teaching Canadian youth about community, farming and leadership, but in one of his first moves, the Liberal <a data-HoCid=\"300021\" href=\"/politicians/lawrence-macaulay/\" title=\"Lawrence MacAulay\">agriculture minister</a> celebrated this incredible milestone by slashing funding to 4-H by 30%. This has forced it to restructure and put incredible programs, such as the Citizenship Congress, at risk. 4-H'ers learn by doing, working hard to promote sustainable agriculture and teach Canadians about where their food comes from.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8416248\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Conservatives understand the importance of Canadian agriculture and being a champion for Canadian youth, who are going to be driving innovation and future economic growth. That is why a future Conservative government will reverse the Liberal funding cuts to 4-H by diverting millions of dollars from Agriculture Canada, because our priority is not going to be useless consultants; our priority is Canadian youth programs, such as 4-H. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8416247\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, apr\u00e8s neuf ans, le gouvernement n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrate\u2014lib\u00e9ral n'en vaut pas le co\u00fbt pour les agriculteurs canadiens. Cette fois-ci, il r\u00e9duit le financement d'un de nos organismes b\u00e9n\u00e9voles qui obtiennent le plus de r\u00e9sultats. Depuis 111 ans, les clubs 4\u2011H du Canada transmettent aux jeunes Canadiens des enseignements sur la communaut\u00e9, l'agriculture et le leadership, mais parmi ses premi\u00e8res mesures, le <a data-HoCid=\"300021\" href=\"/politicians/lawrence-macaulay/\" title=\"Lawrence MacAulay\">ministre de l'Agriculture</a> lib\u00e9ral a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de marquer cet incroyable jalon en r\u00e9duisant de 30 % le financement des clubs 4\u2011H. L'organisme a \u00e9t\u00e9 contraint de se restructurer, et des programmes fantastiques, comme le Congr\u00e8s sur la citoyennet\u00e9, sont menac\u00e9s. Les membres des clubs 4\u2011H apprennent en travaillant, promeuvent l'agriculture durable et sensibilisent les Canadiens sur la provenance de leurs aliments.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8416248\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Les conservateurs comprennent l'importance de l'agriculture canadienne et de ceux qui servent de mod\u00e8les aux jeunes Canadiens qui seront les moteurs de l'innovation et de la croissance \u00e9conomique futures. Voil\u00e0 pourquoi un futur gouvernement conservateur annulera la r\u00e9duction de financement des clubs 4\u2011H par les lib\u00e9raux en r\u00e9affectant des millions de dollars d'Agriculture Canada, car pour nous, il est bien plus important de financer des programmes pour la jeunesse canadienne, comme les clubs 4\u2011H, que de financer des consultants inutiles.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/5/23/john-barlow-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/john-barlow/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4377/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12754561",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements by Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "4-H Canada",
        "fr": "Les clubs 4\u2011H du Canada"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/5/23/",
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    }
}