Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to my colleague. I have a short question for him with respect to agriculture and the rural areas in the budget. In my view the rural areas have benefited from the research and the communications portions of the budget.
The vision of the minister of agriculture regarding sustainable agriculture is mentioned. Would the member comment on the fact that a small business with a $250,000 bank loan, which would often be a farm, would save $9,000 this year because of the strong economy and reduced interest rates?