Well, I really had thought that Mr. Devolin was going to be the last speaker and I was just going to sum up on what the motion is all about, so I'll forgo that, Mr. Chair, and ask to be put on later.
I'd just like to make one point first. This motion is not about looking back. This motion is quite simply about trust in government. When government gives its word that there'll be a two-year program that will make a difference in farmers' financial well-being and when farmers are using financial advisers and paying the fees so they could utilize the program, just the same as you do with RRSPs.... You do financial planning using RRSPs. Mr. Miller said earlier, trying to basically leave the impression that people were using the program.... The program is there to utilize. They used it by all legal means. They intended to use it by all legal means, and now it's been withdrawn from them.
The fact of the matter is Mr. Devolin's remarks were not on the topic, Mr. Chair, and he seems to have forgotten that low-income farmers targeted by the Canadian farm families options program are missed in all those proposals he's putting forward. That's all I'll say.
I was going to hopefully close the debate, but I just couldn't resist the urge to make those points, because this is about honesty and trust in government, and farmers have lost trust in this government because they announced a program, then took it away 110 days after the fact.