It may be difficult to answer, but somewhere there must be a book that tells us how many there are.
If we go around the country, all the farm groups seem to be short of money. They think the government is good, but there's never quite enough to meet the vision of the needs they seem to have.
Along with that, whether or not it's this minister or the previous two or three ministers, every minister says this is the greatest amount of money they've ever put into the agricultural community.
Mr. Chair, it's only a yes or no answer, but can anyone provide this committee with an answer?
The big problem is that they allocate money, but it never seems to get there. I noticed even the minister today said he'd put so much money on the table. But does it ever leave the table to get to the farm?
Who among all the assistant deputies has the closest connection with the farm community in approving the cheques that go out?
Nada, is it you? I don't want to put you on the spot, but last year how much money did you write in cheques to the farmers of Canada? What's the ballpark figure?