Mr. Speaker, agriculture is extremely important to the economy of Atlantic Canada. In recognition of this fact the co-operative subagreements between the federal government and the Atlantic provinces have been extended for 1994-95.
However, to date only provincial contributions have been made to these agreements.
The funding of these subagreements is used for valuable projects such as land development in my home province of New Brunswick and in my Carleton-Charlotte constituency. They are extremely important in building the self-sustaining economy, a goal which we are all working toward.
I encourage the minister and the departments responsible to provide the federal funding required for these agreements as soon as possible so that we might continue to build our agricultural economy and the self-sufficiency of Atlantic Canada.