Mr. Speaker, I have a recommendation to give to the minister to make things right.
People from the Canadian Sheep Federation developed a national border closure recovery strategy for their sector. They presented it to the minister for his consideration. They want to know why the minister has ignored that request. The ruminant sectors have been affected unfairly and unduly penalized as a result of this crisis.
I have two letters from elk growers in Saskatchewan. They say that something must be done immediately to bring support to this industry. Farmers are in dire straits and need assistance in this crisis. The farmers do not know why they are being penalized.
Government agencies are not acting fast enough on getting our borders open to the U.S.A. and the Asian countries so that the farmers can once again return to normal trade with these countries. The elk industry has been blocked out by the U.S. because of BSE and elk have nothing to do with BSE.
Perhaps you could give that message to the minister because you said--