Mr. Speaker, I fully agree with what the hon. member for Lisgar-Marquette said.
I agree with the criticisms he made regarding agriculture and those he addressed to the Minister of Finance.
The Minister of Finance underlined the fact that Agriculture Canada is in the process of consulting with farmers. Again, it is a delay tactic. The farmers know what they want but this government does not deliver.
In the GATT negotiation for example, the farmers wanted to maintain article XI but the government did not deliver. When it comes to grain transportation, again it is a crying problem in the west. There are incredible delays but the government does not deliver.
There may be ways to improve delivery of grain via the St. Lawrence seaway, but that is not being taken advantage of. The minister of agriculture has gone to Korea and China to sell more grain but my goodness, if we cannot get the grain out of Canada now when we have surpluses and markets across the globe that we are losing because of our inefficient system, why go to China to sell more grain?
We have a great deal of programs to improve in Canada. The member for Lisgar-Marquette certainly does have reason to criticize this government in its lack of initiative in setting up better programs to serve farmers in this country.