Mr. Speaker, in the recent budget the government announced that it was going to sell its 13,000 hopper cars. Those are the hopper cars used to transport Canadian grain to ports.
The statement begs three questions of the Minister of Transport. First, will the $400 million the hopper cars are worth be realized? Second, who will be the prospective purchasers? Third, will the terms of sale protect the farmers in Canada, including those in Ontario, and will it protect the ports in Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Thunder Bay and the down river ports of Quebec?