Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for appearing. We had discussed this before. I think the climate is ripe, and as somebody mentioned, it is an exciting time. It's my understanding that the minister is behind this, that he's promoting this. Here's a chance for us to not only get this industry

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Mr. Atamanenko, you still have a minute and a half.

Agriculture committee  I think it's there. I think we have our work cut out for us. Now let's just get down to work.

Canada's Commitment in Afghanistan  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for her speech. I would first like to say that, as a former officer with the Canadian navy, I am familiar with our armed forces and that I strongly support them. I have two questions for the hon. member. First, we have heard

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Bezan. Mr. Atamanenko, for five minutes, please.

Agriculture committee  I have some questions in my thread of thought here. Thanks for taking time to meet with us. I'm encouraged by your hard work and the many positive measures you have outlined, Minister Strahl. In agriculture, we're at a very interesting, but also very critical, point in history.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Minister. We'll move to Mr. Easter for five minutes. You can pump up Mr. Atamanenko in response to his cheerleading for you.

Agriculture committee  Is there anyone else for a short redirect? At this point we probably won't get back to you. That's it? All right, Mr. Atamanenko, go ahead for three minutes, please.

Agriculture committee  First of all, are the people from Porcupine, Saskatchewan, going to get part of the $50 million that the minister mentioned for disaster relief in Manitoba? That's the first question. And I have a follow-up question on the Wheat Board. Can anybody answer that?

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  I'll just ask a very quick question. We're talking about dual marketing. Is there a difference between a dual and an open market? Have there been any studies or any reports done that show that in effect a dual or an open market system has been truly beneficial to farmers in other

Agriculture committee  Okay, thank you.

Agriculture committee  Thank you.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Atamanenko, you're all done?

Agriculture committee  I have just one last question on the disaster. Initially funding was going to go to the farmers in Porcupine through the Government of Saskatchewan. What are the mechanics of getting that funding? The reason I'm asking about farmers in Porcupine is that they're the ones who cam