Mr. Speaker, they were acting all right. They were acting against the farmers of Canada.
The government of the United States is providing full compensation for its farmers. It is not asking the states to do it.
In Canada the agriculture minister is insisting that 40% of any aid package should come from the province, and that is simply unacceptable.
The responsibility for trade injuries lies with the Prime Minister. Will he admit that it is the federal government's responsibility to cover the cost of the $1.3 billion trade injury suffered by our farmers?