Mr. Chair, I am concerned about the announcement by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food that Canada would not ban the feeding of cattle blood to cattle despite the fact that the U.S. department of agriculture has done that. I am worried as to whether that refusal to ban the feeding of blood will not in fact isolate Canada on the BSE issue and make it impossible for us to reopen our boundaries and borders to that international trade.
In the House of Commons on February 4th, 2004. See this statement in context.