Thank you very much.
Thank you for the enlightening speech. I hope I didn't lose my train of thought too much.
But I want to actually support my colleague from the Bloc with regard to his comments about Minister Blackburn being out there and doing this tour in trying to help young farmers. I don't think any of us here are opposed to doing a study on young farmers and looking at the sustainability and profitability of the farming industry at both levels. We certainly wouldn't be here talking about these types of studies had the Liberal government and the Conservative government dealt with this efficiently since they had and have been in power.
Again I think it's important, in accordance with the comments made by my colleague from the Bloc, to say that I too am kind of leery about going forward at this point with this motion, given the fact that there is some work being done out there. I think the study would be in a better position to look at proper direction once a report is tabled, unless, of course, our colleagues on the other side are basically of the opinion that the report that will be tabled may not be tabled in its entirety and may not be transparent. If that's the case, then I could see why they would want to move forward on such a study. Maybe they would like to clarify that for us.
I'm from northern Ontario, and I can tell you that at a recent event I had a young farmer come up to me and say how difficult it is for them to actually start up. If they were listening today, I think they'd be pretty disappointed with hearing all the interruptions on the other side with regard to my colleague on the Liberal side and some of the comments he was making. Unfortunately, as I said, both sides have continuously refused or basically ignored the needs of farmers in this country, or we wouldn't be here trying to argue this at this point.
The reason I won't be voting in favour of this today is to ensure that you have the proper information on the tour that's just being conducted and that this motion be tabled after that fact.
Thank you.