Mr. Speaker, that is rubbish. The minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board has assured farmers for the past year that this U.S. trade challenge has no substance. The Canadian Wheat Board has assured producers for the last year that the U.S. trade challenge has no substance to it.
Now we find that the United States department of commerce will levy duties of up to 20% on all Canadian wheat sales into the United States.
Is the minister so incompetent that he failed to take the United States seriously, or has he been deliberately misleading Canadian producers?