Mr. Speaker, when news broke of a BSE case in Alberta, the Minister of Agriculture said that it would not harm exports, but within days, South Korea banned Canadian beef, and then Indonesia. Now Peru, Belarus, and Taiwan have also announced blanket restrictions. Far from there being no harm, we now have five jurisdictions banning Canadian beef.
These trade restrictions will cost our producers and our economy, and there is concern that they could grow.
Why have the Conservatives failed to effectively protect our beef exports and what are they doing to reverse the damage?