Agriculture committee  The government is saying they want to bring this revenue cap down so the farmers will pay less, and you're saying the $3,000 difference would be used to pay for new cars. Would that mean the farmers would continue to pay the $4,300 under FRCC? I don't quite understand how—

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Mr. Atamanenko, you have five minutes, please.

Agriculture committee  Thanks very much for appearing, gentlemen. I've been following this whole file for a little while. My party also supports having the Auditor General investigate this apparent misuse of funds, and hopefully that will happen and we'll get some answers. Right here we're trying to

Grain Transportation  Mr. Speaker, a classified document has shown us once again that agricultural producers have paid much too much since 1992. Can the Prime Minister tell us exactly when the government will reimburse farmers the $730 million they have already paid, and can he tell us if he is prepa

Grain Transportation  Mr. Speaker, once again, the farmers get a bad deal from our federal government. In 2004 alone, farmers paid $4,329 per car, per year, for railway hopper car maintenance while the cost to the railways was only $1,686. Will the Prime Minister ask our Auditor General to investigat

Agriculture committee  Thank you for doing my job, Mr. Anderson. Mr. Atamanenko.

Agriculture committee  I have just a very quick question, and forgive me if I don't understand this. That's why I'm asking the question. As it stands now, if it's over 85% it's classed not as a dairy product but as a protein, and that's where the crux of the problem is. What if this were classed as

Agriculture committee  To follow up on this, if that decision wasn't made, then we wouldn't be having the problem. Is that right?

Agriculture committee  We have to switch chapters. Is that right?

Agriculture committee  Okay. Maybe that's the crux of our problem here. Thank you very much.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Jarvis. Now we go to Mr. Atamanenko for the final segment of this first hour.

Agriculture committee  I don't have a lot of questions. The ultimate goal is how to ensure our producers keep making money. That's the key within the system--to determine how we can ensure that your industry is able to survive and make some profit. I guess that's the overall goal. Here is my first q

Agriculture committee  We will be getting the agenda ahead of time. Is that what normally happens?

Agriculture committee   wish you and your wife all the best. I hope everything works out well. Mr. Atamanenko.

Agriculture committee   afternoon. We all have votes that evening so we should all be here. If we do something at 4 o'clock, does that work? Mr. Atamanenko, is that fine with you? Okay. We'll get back to you with a place on that. So we'll have a steering committee meeting at 4 o'clock, and then we'll report