Mr. Speaker, now I understand.
What is the difference between the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Finance?
There is none.
Both ministers regard farmers as cash cows to pay down the Liberal deficit. Some 43,000 farming households in Canada are desperately asking the two ministers to extend the consultation period, but they refuse to listen to them.
Farmers do not benefit from the advice of Morneau Shepell and they do not have time to attend cash-for-access events to speak with the Prime Minister.
If the Minister of Agriculture does not have enough influence to change things, who else will stand up for family farms?