Mr. Speaker, today we hear that the United States is imposing a 20% duty on all Canadian wheat exports to the U.S.
Western Canadian grain farmers are shaking their heads in disgust while the U.S. slams our grain industry with multiple trade actions and the government stands idly by.
The catalyst for these trade challenges has been the Canadian Wheat Board, but now all Canadian grain producers will be penalized.
Will the minister make the Canadian Wheat Board voluntary as so many producers want, or is he prepared to punish all Canadian producers for an outdated compulsory monopoly marketing system?