Very briefly, Mr. Speaker, I have a hard time making the connection between what I had to say previously on this question but I will offer some comments anyway.
We have clearly stated that a transition period should have taken place before the Crow rate was pulled out. This transition would have allowed much of what this member talked about to take place. If it is suddenly pulled out it is going to be much more difficult for people to adjust to the changes that will take place.
We had a plan to do this. We would have taken the Crow subsidy and rolled it into a farm program that would have helped farmers make the transition. That should have taken place. As it stands now farmers will probably have a very difficult time.
The changes that have been made probably eventually would have had to come but because of the way it was done by the government it is going to put farmers in a very difficult situation. I hope that is an appropriate answer to the member's question.