Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
Last December the government acted on a Canadian International Trade Tribunal recommendation for an annual quota of 72,000 tonnes on imported boneless beef. This measure was necessary to prevent serious injury to the Canadian beef industry. Now the government has increased that quota to 85,000 tonnes.
Why is the government disregarding the CITT recommendation, thereby abandoning the Canadian beef industry?