Madam Speaker, my colleague knows how proud I am to represent a riding where the agri-food sector is the main economic driver.
Would he agree that the government's lack of support for canola farmers is yet more proof of its lack of consideration for the agri-food sector?
The farmers I represent became disillusioned in the first six months as they saw how little consideration the government gave to the agriculture sector in all of its international trade agreements and international relations, from the agreement with Europe to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which, incidentally, had been initiated by the previous Conservative government.
Dairy farmers and food processors struggle to understand why 17,000 tonnes of European cheese is flooding into Canada. Our beef farmers cannot believe they are barred from exporting their beef to Europe. Veal farmers in my riding worry that Europe's veal market will kill our own. Farmers in supply-managed sectors are afraid of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and the USMCA.
Does my colleague agree with Canadian farmers that this government's agriculture ministers have no voice at all at the cabinet table?