Mr. Speaker, I am certainly sympathetic to the unfortunate situation of the plight of the young sheep industry and the sheep meat industry in the province of Quebec.
Over the last three years, however, the federal government has given $200 million to the province of Quebec in order to support its farmers and their income. The province of Quebec chose to use that as price support and not as income support. I sent a letter to the minister of agriculture for the province of Quebec a number of months ago asking him to sit down and discuss this matter with me. He has yet to respond.