Mr. Speaker, what the hon. gentleman fails to appreciate is that the set of recommendations put forward by the group of senior executive officers in the grains industry is a package proposal which involves a number of recommendations that move in a variety of different directions.
He has spoken, for example, about the recommendation relating to the possible sale of hopper cars. What he has not referred to is the fact that another recommendation from that very same group of senior executive officers proposes that there ought to be some kind of maximum ceiling with respect to freight rates extending over a period of 10 years.
It is significant that the Reform Party has consistently opposed that kind of protection for farmers.