Madam Speaker, Réjean Pommainville is not from Saint-Laurent-Cartierville but from Russell, in the hon. member's riding. He said: "We can assess at $4,500 the loss per dairy farm in Ontario".
How much will the dairy producers in his riding receive as compensation? Nothing! How much will Western producers receive? An amount of $2.9 billion. That is unfair. Since forty-seven per cent of industrial milk is produced in Quebec, Quebecers will be hit hardest by this budget. Dairy producers know it and I hope that they will understand some day.
In August 1995, when the Canadian Dairy Commission is asked by producers to approve an increase in the price of milk, it will probably agree and pass on to all Canadians the increase that you did not have the courage to impose. It will be a consumption tax on butter, cheese, yogurt and ice cream.