Farmers are among the better entrepreneurs. They're great entrepreneurs because they often take food processing right...and take all the risks based on many things they can't control, for example, the weather.
But Mr. Slomp, in one of your comments, you said that we should be making sure that we meet domestic needs. You know that Canada is an exporter; we grow much more than we use.
Here, I think something very disturbing was mentioned the other day because not only does it affect our domestic market but it also affects our exports. This really affects small farmers, and I've been involved with this. If you have an animal that has been injured, for example...often, you have the guys come to you and say they've lost a $1,000 or $2,000 animal, which broke its leg. Now that animal gets thrown away. So our minister said that's wrong; we're now going to have an inspection so that animal can be used. It has to be inspected by a veterinarian, and that animal can then be sold because there's nothing wrong with it other than its broken leg.
But an incredible statement was made in the House the other day by the member from Welland. He said we were going to put unsafe meat on the shelves, roadkill or dead stock, and unsafe food in our system, and yet you're here talking about a food secure Canada.
I get really concerned. Do you have advice to help resolve those types of comments?