Mr. Speaker, this week marks the end of the 30-day discussion period between the U.S. and Canada on proposals made by the U.S. department of agriculture that all Canadian grain shipments to the United States must go to a feed lot, a feed mill or an end user and require an end user certificate.
What have we heard from the minister of agriculture on this issue? Silence.
My question to the minister is what action has the minister taken on this issue which is a direct violation of the August 1 Canada-U.S. grain pact on wheat which specified that neither country would introduce any new trade restricting measures until the deal's one-year term ended?