Mr. Speaker, it is really odd that the member attacks us for what he calls nonsense and yet the people by and large on this side who are speaking are farmers, people who have lived their lives on the farm.
The hon. member figures he can speak about the issue because he once picked rocks on Uncle Ted's farm. If he wants to talk about hypocrisy, I will tell the member about hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is making the deep cuts as was done by the government and then holding itself up as the great defender of not only agriculture but health care and every other social program.
I draw the member's attention to the fact that the Reform Party said it would repriorize programs in agriculture and develop a program called the trade distortion adjustment program. Has the hon. member ever heard of that? That is what we said we would have done five years ago. Had the Liberals done it, our farmers would not be in this mess today.