Mr. Speaker, we had that provision in place so that we would not be facing the crisis that we are facing right now.
Grain farmers are facing a crippling rail backlog because the Liberals ignored our advice to pass a separate grain transportation bill. Now Canadian farmers are literally paying the consequences for Liberal inaction with the sunsetting of important provisions like extended interswitching, a rail company meeting just 17% of its grain-car orders, and now demurrage costs being passed directly to producers.
Will the Liberals commit to reinstating extended interswitching immediately so that our Canadian farmers can get their product to market?