Mr. Speaker, producers under supply management have cause to be worried as pressure is mounting for the Doha round to reach an agreement in 2010. This summer, the government agreed to sign the press release issued by the Cairns group calling for the negotiations to resume. This press release does not mention the need for a balanced trade approach nor does it propose improving the agreement that would weaken supply management.
Does the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food realize that his government's actions contradict his reassuring words, and do not calm the fears of Quebec workers, just like the Minister of International Trade who refused yesterday in committee to exclude supply management from free trade talks with the European Union?