Mr. Speaker, the new U.S. farm bill threatens the livelihoods of Canadian farm families. For example, the U.S. law threatens to dramatically increase the subsidies paid for pulse crops like peas and lentils. If this happens, U.S. production will go up, world prices will go down and Canadian profits will disappear.
The minister of agriculture was recently in Washington, D.C. Could the minister tell us if he got any guarantees that these subsidies will not be applied to pulse crops?