Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Wheat Board is entering into another scheme to waste western Canadian grain growers' money.
The Wheat Board is continuously protected by the coalition and now seems to be suffering from Liberal envy. It wants to become a shipping magnate, like failed former Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin. Its plan? Spend $65 million, which will come out of farmers' pool returns, farmers' money, to buy a shipping company.
Why is the Wheat Board squandering farmers' money when farmers should have the freedom to opt out of this wasteful monopoly?