Just really quickly on the amended motion, you are saying that the date would be the week of April 1. I have a concern with that and I'm just going to voice it. I am more than willing—I think all of us have spoken that we're more than willing—to come back on the break week for this. I can't emphasize enough the timing of this in terms of waiting another two or three weeks. I appreciate that you are going to have the ministers here, but we can't be waiting on the decision. We need an explanation. Do we have the CFIA people on the ground? The prices of every other commodity are being dragged down by this decision on canola.
I appreciate Mr. Dhaliwal saying that the Prime Minister is standing up for agriculture, but as my colleague said, he made a promise to address the fumigation issue with India. That was more than a year ago, and we still don't have that. Our exports on pulses to India have gone down from $4.2 billion to $158 million. That was a significant loss in the last year and a half. Now we're losing another significant market for another product. Our producers cannot handle this. They need these markets or they will not survive.
In terms of waiting two weeks, when we have a break week right there, I am willing to come back. My colleagues are willing to come back. The minister should deal with this. Having the Minister of International Trade Diversification say he is satisfied to leave this in the hands of officials.... We need to understand what our ministers are doing. Are they meeting with their colleagues and their counterparts in China or are they just hoping that their officials will resolve this? That isn't good enough. I would prefer that they were here, and if we can't do it next week, then the week after.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.