Mr. Speaker, earlier this afternoon Manitoba farmers met with the minister responsible for national defence and emergency preparedness to broaden assistance under the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangement Act for last year's flooding.
Some items have been covered under the act, but I am told that the minister indicated that the other items were the responsibility of the department of agriculture, including things like weed control, chemicals and fertilizers.
This is the kind of buck passing that the prairie farmers have had it up to here with. They simply want to know who is responsible. I would ask the Prime Minister if perhaps he could unravel this enigma and tell us who is responsible.