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Marie-Claude Bibeau: They feed us.
They employ us.
Our farmers work at all hours to put high quality food on our kitchen tables
each and every day.
One in eight working Canadians is in the agriculture sector
with over 200,000 farms across the country
and countless small and medium-sized businesses.
Agriculture is at the heart of our communities.
It's key to our rural vitality.
On Canada's Agriculture Day, we celebrate our farmers and food producers.
Canadians can be so proud of the amazing men and the women across the country
who have stories of resilience and innovation.
Our farmers work hard.
They take care of their animals, their crops, and our environment.
This is their legacy to their children.
They are an endless source of inspiration,
and I want to tell them thank you.
I want to say we have your back,
and I look forward to working with you.
I see a bright future for the agricultural sector in Canada.
Happy Canada's Agriculture Day.
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