Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister of agriculture.
For 21 months Canadian dairy farmers have been asking the government to subject butteroil-sugar blends to appropriate tariff lines. On Wednesday the parliamentary secretary stated that the CITT might not solve the problem but at the end of the day it would take political will.
Two times trade tribunals have upheld the Canadian dairy industry's right to establish tariff lines. Why will the minister not show leadership on this issue instead of sending this matter to lawyers? Will he commit today to subject these blends to appropriate tariffs while dairy farmers wait for the CITT ruling? If not, why not?