Unfortunately, the federal government did not do a very good job of defending Canada's interests
and Quebec farmers during the Uruguay round of negotiations under the GATT. It was totally unable to
preserve article XI which afforded some protection to egg, poultry and milk producers, concentrated mostly in Quebec. Despite repeated promises by the Liberal government, last December, federal negotiato
rs were not able to rally enough countries to ...[+++] defend and preserve article XI.
Malheureusement, le gouvernement fédéral, par sa mollesse, a mal défendu les intérêts des producteurs agricoles canadiens et québécois, lors des dernières négociations de l'Uruguay Round, par sa défaite complète dans la défense de l'Article XI du GATT qui permettait une certaine protection des productions d'oeufs, de volaille et de lait, surtout concentrées au Qué-