In the 1980s a lot of farmers were in trouble. There was a farm survivor association. Dr. Gary Gurbin, who was the member of Parliament at that time, set up the Farm Debt Review Board, and I worked on that as a farmer member. My respect for banks went downhill quickly during that time. Dirty tricks were played on both sides of the board, but farmers were losing their farms. Not only was the farmer losing, his parents were going to lose their farm because they backed him. The banks played tricks too. These corporations all look after themselves before they look after anybody else.
On May 4th, 2010. See this statement in context.