Mr. Speaker, farmers are feeling betrayed by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
In December the minister committed $900 million to a farm disaster relief program. The minister is now crawling away from that promise. He and his bureaucrats are busy slashing and cutting even before one thin dime has been paid out.
By including NISA and by excluding negative margins the federal government's $900 million has shrunk by $300 million. Will the minister live up to his promise by including the full $900 million in the farm disaster relief program?