Ottawa—Souris-Moose Mountain MP, Ed Komarnicki, today said he and his Conservative colleagues in Saskatchewan are trying to sponsor an emergency debate on the BSE crisis when MPs return to Parliament on October 4th.

“The aid package that was recently released by the government, lacks the sufficient funds and details to help farmers survive in the short term, let alone thrive in the long term,” said Komarnicki. “For that reason, and the desperation that is arising from the BSE crisis and the overall farm income crisis in general, an emergency debate in Parliament should be the first order of business.”

The Saskatchewan Caucus of thirteen Conservative MPs agreed to work together to promote the issue, which has become vitally important, not only to agriculture producers, but to the Province as a whole.

“For too long, the Liberal government has not responded adequately to farmers’ needs in Western Canada,” Komarnicki stated. “With this emergency debate and the fact that we are dealing with a minority government, I believe we can push the agenda, to the benefit of our farmers and the people of Saskatchewan as a whole.”