Mr. Speaker, grain prices are low enough that Canadian farmers do not need anything else reducing their income.
Unfortunately the Canadian Wheat Board has informed us that in the last 48 hours it has lost a $9 million sale because the reliability of our delivery system is in question. I had that raised with me by some major purchasers last week.
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool is encouraging the parties to come to the table. Premiers are encouraging people to come to the table and even ministers of agriculture from provinces such as Saskatchewan have phoned me and are encouraging us if necessary to use legislation to get them back to the table.