Mr. Speaker, I may have a talent for asking about the obvious, but the government sure has a talent for not answering.
The government has apparently indicated that it is only prepared to look at this problem within existing programs. The existing APF is not designed to deal with the special circumstances of natural disaster. The WTO allows for special programs and the APF operates at glacial speed.
Will the government commit to a compensation package that deals with the special circumstances of the natural disaster and the animal health disaster that we are facing here?