Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for those comments. Although I have not read the Free Press to respond accurately to that suggestion, I just want to advise the hon. member that in both his riding of Lisgar-Marquette and my adjacent riding of Provencher the federal government has made a number of investments in terms of the farm community.
He will recall that only two or three weeks ago I had occasion to visit his riding under the PAMWI agreements. I am pleased to report that we made an investment of $3 million under a tripartite agreement, with the federal government contributing $1 million out of its agricultural program to the good people of Winkler.
In keeping with the theme of my friends in the Reform Party, the policies of the federal Government of Canada are equitable. If we give something to a window manufacturer in Winnipeg for a tax break, we certainly have given the same opportunities to the people of Winkler, the town in which my hon. friend resides.