Mr. Speaker, beef and hog producers across the country are facing financial devastation and the government fails to respond.
Farmers who responded to the government's call to modernize, to increase production, to increase exports, are the best of the best. Third, fourth and fifth generation farmers are not only losing their businesses, they are losing their homes and their heritage, yet they are left desolate by a government sitting on a huge surplus.
Will the minister not act immediately beyond regular safety nets and put immediate cash into the farm community?