Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for The Battlefords-Meadow Lake made a statement about committees being inaccessible to members and therefore many members will not be able to debate the bill when it is before the agriculture committee.
I would like to correct the record and point out that every member in the House has entitlement to speak at any standing committee. There is absolutely no restriction. For the hon. member to make such a suggestion is fallacious to say the least. To my hon. friends across the way, when this bill goes to committee, these concerns can very definitely be aired.
The bill makes changes to the Canadian Wheat Board. It gives farmers more power on the wheat board. The suggestion of my hon. friend from Yorkton-Melville about the demurrage charges when wheat is not getting through to load the ships right now is rather interesting. I wonder where he would like to lay those charges.