New article series: Ag in the House

Sep 21, 2023

The weekly articles will summarize exchanges related to ag in the House of Commons

By Diego Flammini
Staff Writer
Farms.com

With Parliament’s fall session resuming, Farms.com is committed to keeping Canadian farmers informed about what’s going on in Ottawa.

Canadian producers may not have the time to watch question period each day or consult the hansard (record of debates) to see who said what.

With that at top of mind, Farms.com is launching a new article series.

Ag in the House will summarize the weekly exchanges related to agriculture in the House of Commons during question period.

This summary, to be released on Mondays, will include comments from the House of Commons hansard from Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay, Conservative Agriculture Critic John Barlow and other Members of Parliament who ask and respond to questions about farmers and the ag sector.

Farms.com hopes this useful information will help keep Canadian producers informed about what the government is doing to support the industry and how opposition parties are keeping the federal government accountable for their actions.

MPs gather for question period each day at 2:00pm ET. On Fridays, question period takes place at 11:15am ET.

If the hansard for Friday’s comments isn’t available that day, those will be included in a follow-up article.

The fall session kicked off on Monday.

To tee up what items could be on the docket in Parliament this session, Farms.com connected with Tyler McCann, managing director of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.

Video: A Farm Song (Busy) | Parody of A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey

Lyrics:

My days begin with workin’, Alarm’s at 5 o’clock,
I Fill 5 gallon buckets, The feeders and the troughs,
This five to nine ain’t workin’, why the heck do I work so hard?,
I can’t worry ‘bout health problems, I can sleep in when I’m gone,

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

I’ve been working pretty stressed but,
I ain’t changing for some cash,
Lord knows that I’m very blessed (More chores),
But I gotta say it’s hard,
Workin’ outside gettin’ charred,
Living out here on the farm, (more chores)

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history
There’s another 20 chickens that still need feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm getting’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Fun, here on ranch that’s what you can’t ignore,
Might be pretty hard but I love it to its core,
Flannel’s gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores (Tell ‘em sing with me)

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
Watching cattle in the dark, don’t miss me,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
(Yeeeeeehaw)
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
It’s the best bro, go get yourself a farm