Mr. Speaker, the colossal failure in grain handling and transportation is hitting farmers with billions of dollars in higher costs, lower prices, and lost sales. There is not enough capacity; no one is coordinating what capacity there is among grain companies, railways, terminals, and ships; and no one in the system puts farmers first.
The system is five million tonnes behind. Fifty ships are waiting. Japan is buying from the U.S., not Canada.
Will farmers get liquidated damages for the massive losses caused by the way the current government has designed this failing system?