Madam Speaker, it is almost as though we were listening to the press conference the Minister of Agriculture gave last Saturday all over again. It was an improvised press conference, remember, because the details were in Tuesday's policy statement. The documents were probably still being printed.
At the very end of his speech, my colleague talked about compensation for the free trade agreement with the United States and Mexico.
How long will that take? We are starting today. Does today count as day one or does Saturday? How many times will we be told that dairy, egg and poultry producers will be fully and fairly compensated very soon?
This government is improvising when it comes to compensation for dairy farmers, processors, and egg and poultry producers.
Unfortunately, Canada's entire agricultural industry is suffering as a result.