Mr. Speaker, the only thing missing from the member's speech was the Canada action plan sign behind him, but I know that would not be allowed as a prop.
We talked about CETA and we talked about TPP, South Korea, and all these trade deals. The Conservatives can sign trade deals until the grain rots in the bin, because they are not going to move one kernel of grain by signing another free trade agreement, no matter how good it is.
This is about getting stuff out of the Prairies. As wonderful as the parliamentary secretary’s speech was in highlighting all of the wonderful things that the government thinks it has done, it will not move grain out of the Prairies.
Gordon Bacon said just this week, as part of the round table group, that it is obvious some serious improvements to transportation are needed, but he said it is not as simple as adding more rail cars. He said that shipping grain requires coordination from farm to rail terminal to port.
We used to have that, but the government decided, in its wisdom, that we did not need it any more and it threw it away.
The parliamentary secretary talked about these great deals and how we are going to be wonderful partners.
Mr. Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada, said that “Our goal is to be seen as a reliable supplier of grain to markets around the world and our record is a bit tarnished in that area”.
How on earth do we ever do trade deals with our partners when our reputation is tarnished?