Madam Speaker, we have reference to the red book again. I am very pleased that the members of the Reform Party are making such good use of the red book since I trust that it will go down in history as one of the finest productions that made in the political history of this country. It is nice to hear that they continue to refer to it. I am pleased they have referred to it.
When we make reference to the red book we see the new direction the hon. minister in charge of that department wants to take western diversification. The direction is not one of giving away money to businesses but one of helping businesses identify export markets, helping businesses arrange the financing, not giving them financing, and helping businesses compete on the international market.
In my province in western Canada we see industries are expanding and increasing their exports into countries like the United States in the areas of farm machinery in particular and of meat products. These are being expanded and we cannot ignore such businesses.
This will continue because our government intends to help business increase exports, not compete against each other unfairly in our country but compete on the international market.