Mr. Speaker, for the past two years, producers and processors have been asking the federal government for a program enabling them to deal with the unfair competition resulting from the new regulations on specified risk materials, or SRM, that are even stricter than those of the United States. The Quebec minister of agriculture, fisheries and food has said that the announcement of a $50 million program for the slaughter industry does not meet the needs of businesses governed by the SRM regulations.
What does the minister plan on doing to support producers and processors who bear the costs of managing specified risk materials?