Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister of agriculture. The minister will know that B.C. farmers have been hurt by extremely poor harvest conditions about the Okanagan and the Peace River districts this year. The B.C. government wants to help out the area farmers affected by this disaster by developing cost shared responses to these huge crop losses, losses which far exceed existing crop insurance and NISA programs.
Why will the federal government not do its share and help out B.C farmers?