Mr. Speaker, New Brunswick and Canadian dairy farmers are extremely upset that the government has chosen to side step its responsibilities and commitments to Canada's milk producers by referring the butteroil-sugar blend issue to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.
At the signing of the final act at the Uruguay round the government indicated that imports of dairy blends would be subject to import controls.
Does the minister understand that it is the cows which are supposed to be milked, not Canadian dairy farmers? Why do the government and the minister insist on milking Canadian dairy farmers to the tune of $50 million each year?