Mr. Speaker, yesterday in the Manitoba legislature the Minister of Transport was quoted as saying that the federal government is selling out to the United States if it scraps the $600 million Crow subsidy and in fact it will shut down the grain industry in western Canada.
Farmers all across Canada are asking themselves a question and they want and need to know the answer. I would ask the Minister of Transport who farmers should believe. Should they believe him when he says that the WGTA of some $600 million will be cut by July 1, 1995 or should they believe the minister of agriculture who says that this has not yet been decided? This is not the kind of double talk that farmers want or need to hear.
Will the Minister of Transport stand in this House today and clearly explain what his plans are for the WGTA?