Mr. Speaker, the all talk and no action federal and provincial agriculture ministers have announced that there will not be any immediate financial help for grain and oilseed farmers and pulse crop growers. There will be no trade injury compensation program. Country of origin labelling will hurt our livestock producers.
These farmers and ranchers are being crushed by a $180 billion U.S. farm bill. Even with full knowledge of the devastation to Canadian farmers caused by subsidies the federal minister refuses to commit to the program.
The minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board has also turned his back on wheat and barley farmers in the designated provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Manitoba and Saskatchewan agriculture ministers stated after the conference that in essence there is no federal financial commitment, there are no details, and much more work needs to be done.
The agriculture minister, the Canadian Wheat Board minister and all the Liberals have turned their backs on farmers, and they are either incompetent or simply cold hearted.