Madam Chair, voters in western Canada, where the Canadian Wheat Board operates, consistently elect Conservative MPs fighting for market choice. The Liberal Party and the NDP do not have a single seat in those western wheat-growing areas, yet they claim to represent western farmers, as does the Bloc, by the way. They also claim that farmers do not want choice. Could the minister tell us why they do not have seats in western Canada? Is it because they refuse to give farmers choice?
In the House of Commons on May 14th, 2009. See this statement in context.