Mr. Speaker, today is the closing day for voting in the Canadian Wheat Board election for directors. There are serious concerns about voting secrecy.
A farming couple from the minister's own riding applied and received ballots. After voting, they removed the numbers from the envelope and returned them. They then received a call from the consulting firm KPMG who questioned their eligibility.
With their ballots lying in front of them, why did KPMG phone this couple if it is to be a secret ballot? This sounds like democracy in a banana republic to me.