I am shocked.
I'm angry, really angry about that, because we told them to act. We told them a lot of times, over and over. This season is failing because of the lack of action by the Liberals. I don't want ask you to be political; I can't. I'll do it.
We told them in June of last year to split the bill, to pass just some amendments that you require. The Liberals defeated all the amendments we proposed. Now you are asking them again to make these amendments to Bill C-49. I hope that this time they will accept, if we want to fix the problem for the long term. I think you should work a lot with the Liberals and try to convince them to accept those amendments, because otherwise you will have another bad season next year.
What is happening is offensive. We asked for an emergency meeting three weeks ago. You are saying we might have been able to change the course of things three weeks ago. Mr. Sekulic, you might have been spared one of the many delays you mentioned. Unfortunately, someone said it was not a rush and that we would have the meeting on March 19.
We have to send a very clear message right away. We have to stop playing games with western grain producers. We have to work to make sure the grain gets to market. It is the government's responsibility. It is our responsibility as a committee to demand that the government ensure that the farmers' grain gets moving so they can be paid. We are playing games with Canada's reputation and with the farmers' reputation.
Mr. Sekulic, how does it feel as a young farmer to see your debts mounting while you are unable to sell your crops? How do you deal with that, in your family? How do you feel?