Mr. Speaker, every day the crisis in Canada's cattle industry deepens, pulling down more and more Canadian families.
The U.S. border is still closed to all trade in cattle and open to only a small fraction of the beef industry. One of the issues stopping progress on getting the U.S. border open to our Canadian cattle is the refusal of this government to open our borders to U.S. cattle.
The industry is calling for action, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association is calling for action, and the minister has even promised some action.
What steps has the minister taken to eliminate this hurdle to open trade in cattle?