Mr. Speaker, it is interesting the hon. member would refer to the beef industry because it is one of the most freely traded commodities in Canada. If there is anything we have done in Canada in the way of regulation it is to help the beef industry in central Canada by shipping our feed grains to eastern Canada at subsidized rates under the Western Grain Transportation Act, which I said should be eliminated and administered in different ways.
I am not sure if there is a problem with the beef industry in Quebec, but I assure the hon. member that industry is not subsidized in western Canada. I am not sure if it is in his part of the country. The only area where there are significant subsidies is in the transportation of feed grains to his part of the country for the beef industry there.
It must be that the producers in western Canada are very efficient and are able to make a profit in the marketplace. I applaud that and say that if they lose the Quebec market I am sure they will be able to fill other markets without any difficulty.