Mr. Speaker, it is great to hear the government once again standing up for the rail lines and not fighting for Canadian farmers.
The Western Grain Elevator Association said that the situation is dire, and that the grain backlog is getting worse not better. The Liberals ignored our advice to pass a separate grain transportation bill. They failed to extend important provisions that were in Conservative legislation that were protecting Canadian farmers. The Liberals have to stop blaming everybody else for their mismanagement and take definite action now.
How much money and how many critical export markets are our farmers going to have to lose before the government stands up and takes action?