Mr. Speaker, last night we received another two and a half inches of rain on already rain-soaked land.
In 1997 in the Red River Valley only 1,200 acres were affected. Right now, in my area of Manitoba, over two million acres are affected.
In 1997 the Government of Canada provided $26 million to address farm losses in the Red River Valley. To date, the Minister of Agriculture has announced nothing, zero for the people who are being affected by this terrible disaster in southwestern Manitoba.
What is the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food going to do for those constituents of agriculture?