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MessageAmid the uncertainty of a tariffs on trade , it’s easy to forget the impact decisions can have on certain industries and, how those impacts then trickle down to Canadians. One sector we shouldn’t forget is grain farming, where free trade with the United States has, historically, been essential. I was grateful to see that critical farming inputs like fertilizer and seed were not directly targeted by retaliatory tariffs, actions that could have compromised our grain supply chains and potentially driven up costs for farmers.But even without direct tariffs, our farmers continue to face significant pressure related to trade actions and global volatility. US tariffs on steel for example, have driven up equipment costs and though they weren’t tariffed, fertilizer prices have returned to their peak levels. Meanwhile, other items used in farm operations—such as tires for farm equipment—remain subject to tariffs. These additional burdens are forcing farmers to pay more, shift suppliers, or delay necessary purchases, all of which negatively impact their ability to operate efficiently. Market disruptions of this kind put Canada’s grain farmers at risk at a time when Canadians simply can’t afford it. While I know we need a strong response to this trade dispute, i am calling on your not to gamble with Canada’s grain production. As your constituent and a Canadian deeply concerned with the rising cost-of-living, I’m calling on you to: - Ensure that the following critical products imported into Canada for planting grains and oilseed crops remain tariff-free: Fertilizer; Equipment for planting, growing, harvesting and moving a crop; Barley, corn, oat, soybean, and wheat seed; Herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides, and; Energy including natural gas, propane, gasoline, and diesel. 
 - Ensure that the exports of Ontario grain and oilseed commodities and products remain free of tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers. In addition, if trade barriers do end up impacting Canadian grain farmers, I’d expect the government to step up for farmers to ensure they can continue growing the grains that keep grain production affordable by: - Providing Ontario farmers ad hoc funding that is equivalent to the funding the U.S. administration is providing to protect U.S. farmers from the impact. 
 - Return any tariff money collected from Ontario grain farmers directly back to the Ontario grain farmers who pay it. 
 -Provide direct stimulus funding to protect domestic processing and create new markets. Finally, we should consider this a wake-up call. If our trade relationship with the United States is compromised, Canada needs to do all it can to shore up its own supply chains by ensuring farmers have access to the funding, affordable inputs, domestic processing facilities, and foreign markets needed to keep grain farmers farming. This issue matters to me as it does to all Canadians. To keep our food production affordable, I’m calling on you to support the immediate measures that will help keep our food production affordable and the longer-term policy measures that will keep our supply chains secure and our family farms intact. As a constituent in your riding, I expect you to represent these concerns in Ottawa. Thank you for your time. And I hope you will support the policies that keep our farmers farming and our grain production affordable.

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