Huron-Bruce MP Says More Food That's Produced in Ontario Should be Processed in Ontario

by Bob Montgomery

Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb had a message for producers at last week's Huron County Federation of Agriculture annual MP/MPP/Local Politician Forum at the Clinton Legion.

Lobb says too much of the food produced in Huron County is being shipped out of the country for processing. It's something that Huron and Bruce County producers are well aware of because they see every day how much food is produced in their county, but has to shipped somewhere else to be processed because we don't have the capacity to process here. “I really believe when you consider sovereignty, you have sovereignty for your food production, your health care, your defence, your borders and the Federal government has an obligation to educate Canadians on the importance of our food production and our food processing and food security. That needs to be a big investment because there are some countries that are currently experiencing a decline in food production and that's scary when you're trying to feed billions of people around the world.”

Lobb says we allow ourselves to become very vulnerable when we depend so heavily on other countries to process the food that we produce here, and it's time Canadians made some major investments in the food processing industry.