I'm blessed to represent a riding called Steveston—Richmond East, right underneath Vancouver. We had Minister Garneau in the area to announce a review of ports and Port Metro Vancouver. I spent a good chunk of the past two weeks calling and speaking with farmers in the east part of Richmond and in Steveston talking about issues relating to farming in Port Metro Vancouver. I was struck that they were talking about the movement of grain. They are concerned about what can happen to grain farmers/. It worries them.
The group of folks that I have the most trouble getting a meeting with are farmers, because they're always working. They work really hard. The farming population in Steveston—Richmond East isn't that large—geographically it's large, but it's just a few thousand farmers.
How can we as a government be helpful to you in making sure that this never happens again?