Thank you.
We are just at the end, and I have one closing comment.
We heard a comment from a witness yesterday in Saskatchewan. Ultimately he was talking about not wanting to have to live out of the mailbox. He wanted to make it out in the marketplace, which we all want to do as farmers.
He also said that farm programs aren't subsidizing farmers. They should be viewed not as subsidizing farmers but as subsidizing consumers.
I thought about that quite a bit yesterday. The big thing that seems to be out there is this talk about having a “cheap food” policy. The government of the day does not have a cheap food policy. The previous government, which Wayne was a part of, did not have a cheap food policy.
The public seems to have this cheap food idea in its mind. Lots of people tell me that they want to support agriculture, and they ask me what they can do. I say, “You go to a store, you ask if it's Canadian, and you demand that it be Canadian. Then, at the end of the day, put your money where your mouth is and make sure you buy only that.”
A lot of people talk it, but they don't actually walk the talk when it comes down to it. They go in there and they still look for the bargains.
The reason I bring this up is that as long as the public has that mindset about cheap food, can we ever really address the problems in the marketplace?
Are there any comments on this? I'm kind of thinking out loud.
Fred.