Mr. Speaker, those were pretty strong comments by the member opposite.
There is no doubt that the border is the main issue. Farmers do not really like to get subsidies. They like to have free market and free access to markets. That is of key importance.
We are bringing all the scientific information to the panel in Washington. We are looking at other countries that have closed their borders. Some members opposite have worked with us on this. That is the way we have to do it. We have to keep politics out of this. We have to work together to open the border.
On the cull cow program, we are working in conjunction with the provinces on that. At the present time they are taking inventories on all the cattle that need to be culled. Maybe there are animals that should be brought into the program. We are talking to the provinces, looking at the inventories to see how it can have an impact on that industry. We are going to continue to work on this program.