Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
It has now been one year since our country was struck by mad cow disease. One of my constituents recently told me that he had sent 13 cows to the abattoir and received $882 for them, instead of the $10,000 he would have got a year ago, and, in one very tragic instance, a cheque of $2.01 for 2 animals.
What is the government prepared to do to help farmers in my riding and elsewhere?