Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans knows no bounds in his attempt to become the replacement for our current Prime Minister.
One wonders if the minister's delay has more to do with the fact that the report will give legitimate fodder for those farmers calling for the reform of the Canadian Wheat Board. The minister indicated yesterday in the House on a plebiscite that "this plebiscite was not the be all and end all of wheat and barley marketing". It seems that the minister fears allowing producers the right to determine how they market wheat and barley.
Does the joint commission's report contain definitions and content that the minister is withholding from the public's view because it might influence the outcome of the Alberta plebiscite on wheat and barley marketing toward an outcome the minister does not particularly want?