Mr. Speaker, I thank the Deputy Prime Minister for that answer.
I would suggest that this durum wheat issue goes beyond North America. While the Americans complain about Canadian durum they subsidize their own durum by $35 to $52 per tonne for export to world markets. Meanwhile the Europeans have their own durum shortage and have put a $52 per tonne export tax on it to keep theirs at home.
I would suggest and I would urge the Deputy Prime Minister to insist that the Prime Minister call the President of the United States and be prepared to demand that the American export subsidies-