Mr. Speaker, we are well aware that the loss of the Canadian Wheat Board is a loss for all of western Canada.
The Canadian Wheat Board gives farmers and people in western and northern Canada prices and rates that the big agrifood businesses cannot equal, particularly during hard economic times, and yet the minister seems to have no problem shutting down one of the most successful Canadian agencies.
When will the Minister stop ignoring the voices of people in the west, of farmers in the west, and when will he stop—