Bruce Grey Owen Sound Conservative incumbent Larry Miller says the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement will create opportunities for Canadian farmers.
The TPP was discussed at length at a farm-oriented all candidates debate in Keady Wednesday night.
Miller says many producers welcome more export opportunities.
"There's no doubt about this, you go down the roads and talk to pretty well any livestock producer or grains and oil seeds what have you, this is a huge huge deal for Canada," says Miller in an interview after the debate.
Liberal candidate Kimberley Love says that may be so, but it's just a matter of trusting the Conservatives because the details of the agreement have yet to be released.
"Only the Conservatives really know what's in it so we have to trust them. The difficulty in trust of course is they haven't really earned it in terms of how they've negotiated for us in the past," says Love.
The NDP's David McLaren agrees the TPP may be of benefit for some sectors, but not dairy and poultry.
"I think that the supply farmers are actually in more trouble than they realize. I have a feeling that this is probably the beginning of the end for supply management in Canada," says McLaren.
Green Party candidate Chris Albinati says the agreement is a threat to Canada's sovereignty.
"Clauses in the agreement that allow foreign investors to sue the government for changing it's laws in the future. That's a big one that infringes on our sovereignty," says Albinati.
Other issues discussed included risk management programs, rural infrastructure investment and farm land taxation.
The debate was sponsored by the Bruce and Grey County Federations of Agriculture.