I think what I'm doing, Mr. Chairman—in fact, I know what I'm doing—is speaking in favour of this motion.
Government members argued, how could you include AgriFlexibility in business risk management? I'm making the point that it indeed can be. It indeed can be put to good use in assisting the grain industry, as well as the hog and beef industries, and maybe overcoming somewhat the disastrous spending by the Government of Canada in putting money towards the farm community, because clearly when business risk management is at an eight-year low, $961,400,000 less than the year before—and you know in your riding, Mr. Chair, that hog producers are in trouble—they could use that money rather than more loans.
My argument is simply that. It can be accommodated by the provinces. It can put money in producers' pockets. It can compensate somewhat for some of the disastrous decisions made by this particular minister, and it would assist the farm community. For all those reasons, I think this committee should support Alex's motion.