Mr. Speaker, the minister must not have heard my question. I was talking about some roadblocks and he got off on another topic all together.
His department has announced a magic scheme to encourage value added processing on the prairies by offering to help the agriculture sector create business plans. Well, it is the minister who needs the business plan.
Prairie farmers have to buy their own grain back at Minneapolis spot prices in order to sell to millers and maltsters down the road.
Why does the minister not force the Canadian Wheat Board to use its own forecasted final prices as the basis for grain sales to local markets, or better yet, let producers sell outside the board to millers?