Mr. Speaker, in October, when Farmers of North America expressed interest in buying the Wheat Board's assets, Conservatives said, “Well, there's no time”, but then they changed their minds and said, “Oh, we'll give you a month.”
A month to put a bid as complex as that together was hardly enough time, so guess what? The bid was rejected.
However, when private companies were allowed to bid on it, guess what? There was no timeline.
The CWB is still considering offers from private companies, so why did Conservatives impose a timeline on farmers but not on multinational corporations? Why does the current minister not want farmers to own the Canadian Wheat Board?