The reality is that this is the first budget in at least thirty years, when we've got the industry going through a crisis in hogs, a crisis in beef, and some of the potato industry is in serious trouble... Our debt is four and a half times that of the United States. Debt increased $9 billion since this government came to power at the farm level. And yet not one new dime--not one new dime--is in this budget for agriculture. That's the first time we've seen that, guys, in thirty years.
So never mind your commercial for the minister.
I have a couple of questions. According to previous testimony, Jurgen, I think you suggested that about 25% of the pork consumed in Canada was U.S. pork. Is that number remaining constant? Is it increasing? Is it decreasing since last fall? Where are we at in terms of perhaps the most up-to-date numbers?
I do know that in my area, when you go into Superstore, it's hard to buy Canadian pork sometimes. I went in the back room and it's stamped USDA.