Mr. Speaker, I say to the hon. member that I too will not apologize for standing up for supply managed commodities and for standing up for farmers in my constituency. I do not need to apologize.
I was one who stood more than any member in the House and fought for supply management. I know what I told my constituents during election time. I made no promises that I could save supply management. I told them, though, that I would fight damned hard for it. That is what we did in this party.
I am proud of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. The Minister for International Trade with whom I have had differences on this matter in the past stood up in Geneva and told the world. Unfortunately, as my colleague from Glengarry-Prescott- Russell said, in the end we could not do it.
It is easy for the Reformers. They spend half their time in the agriculture committee-and Mr. Hoeppner over there will know he is not one of them-crapping on supply management.