Mr. Speaker, five provincial governments have publicly called upon the Liberal government to deliver at least $900 million in emergency aid to farmers this year. This is the absolute minimum farmers need.
In today's Regina Leader Post the Saskatchewan minister of agriculture stated:
The $500 million in aid announced recently by the federal government to address the current problems in the industry is clearly an inadequate response given the emergency situation facing the industry.
Will the minister listen to his provincial counterparts and commit the additional $400 million being called for today?