Could the minister advise the House on that point? Hon. Ralph E. Goodale (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food): Mr. Speaker, as I am sure the hon. member will know, as a western Canadian with a great deal of interest in the health and well-being of the western Canadian grains industry, I
am very anxious to pursue every conceivable possibility that will enhance the position of western Canadian grain farmers properly within the context of national public policy., The precise question he has asked in terms of labour relations and other issues affecting the west coast grain handling situation must be put within that broader national contex
...[+++]t of overall policy considerations with which the Minister of Human Resources Development, with his particular responsibility for labour, would be intensely involved.