February 1, 1958 (23rd Parliament, 1st Session)

Mr. A. M. Nicholson (Mackenzie):

Mr. Speaker, I wish to direct a question to the Minister of Agriculture. In the light of the minister's statement in the house on January 11 which assured prairie egg producers a floor price of 30 cents a dozen, will the minister explain why the price at Invermay, Saskatchewan, on January 21 was 28 cents for grade A large? Could he account for the fact that a 12-dozen crate of eggs brought $2.68 this year, $4.39 in 1957, and $5.05 in 1956?