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{
"time": "2026-02-23 14:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "John Barlow (Foothills, CPC)",
"fr": "John Barlow (Foothills, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9175143\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are shutting down agricultural research, and now their red tape is literally choking the life out of agri-food businesses. A survey said that 90% of agri-food business owners believe that Liberal policies are putting the future of Canadian agriculture at risk. Red tape and regulations have already increased Canadian food inflation to 7.3%, by far more than double the rate in the United States. Experts are clear: Red tape, inflationary spending and the industrial carbon tax are increasing the cost of food production. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9175144\" data-originallang=\"en\">How expensive do groceries have to get before the Liberals stop strangling Canadian farmers?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9175143\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les lib\u00e9raux ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de mettre fin \u00e0 la recherche en agriculture, et maintenant, le fardeau administratif qu'ils imposent \u00e9touffe litt\u00e9ralement les entreprises agroalimentaires. Selon un sondage, 90 % des propri\u00e9taires d'entreprises agroalimentaires estiment que les politiques des lib\u00e9raux mettent en p\u00e9ril l'avenir de l'agriculture canadienne. La bureaucratie et la r\u00e9glementation ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait grimper l'inflation \u00e0 7,3 % dans le secteur canadien de l'alimentation, soit plus du double du taux enregistr\u00e9 aux \u00c9tats\u2011Unis. Les experts sont clairs: la bureaucratie, les d\u00e9penses inflationnistes et la taxe sur le carbone pour les industries font augmenter le co\u00fbt de la production alimentaire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9175144\" data-originallang=\"en\">Jusqu'o\u00f9 le co\u00fbt de l'\u00e9picerie devra-t-il augmenter avant que les lib\u00e9raux cessent d'\u00e9touffer les agriculteurs canadiens? </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/2/23/john-barlow-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/john-barlow/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4377/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13366963",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Agriculture and Agri-Food",
"fr": "Agriculture et agroalimentaire"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/2/23/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F2%2F23%2F"
}
}