Okay.
The reason I raise that question is that my colleague has made it clear in the House that we support this approach, that we support this bill. My concern is that we're here today on a bill that doesn't require a lot of discussion, and I question whether it should even be here. The minister's speech, to me, seemed more like an advertisement of some good things you are doing. But what I'm really concerned about is that we're sitting here, basically fiddling while Rome burns in the hog and beef sector.
My second question is very simple as well. We had the Canada Pork Council here, and you were asked this question in the House last week, Minister. They basically said that the program announced was a cruel joke to many of their producers. The fact of the matter is that we're losing hog producers every single day.
When Mr. Marsland was here the other day, and others, and also to the parliamentary secretary, I said that what the government needs to do in the hog and beef sector requires legislative change. Whether it's in CAIS or wherever it may be, we're willing. This place can get legislation through in 24 hours, if they really want to do it, and we're willing to do that. If the reason you're not doing anything for hogs and beef is a problem of legislation, then bring it forward, let's have a look at it, and we'll get it done.
My question to you, Mr. Minister, is not on this bill. We basically support this approach, and we supported it in the last election campaign as well. But when can we expect to see a meaningful package that's going to work for hog and beef producers, and when will you come before this committee with that?
That's what we'd welcome seeing before this committee. I don't want to see more farmers going out of business, and we need to ensure there's liquidity there for those farmers. So when can we see a package along those lines that's going to be meaningful? Is the problem one of political will on the part of the Prime Minister's Office or the finance department, or does it require legislative change? What's the holdup? We need to get it done.