Madam Speaker, the hon. member has been talking about matters such as the federal government abandoning farmers. In his second breath he talked about the federal involvement being too great in the farm community, that we should get out of wheat boards and let farmers decide everything on their own in those matters instead of the representatives of farmers who have been sent to the House.
The Reform talks about abandonment and how the Liberals and Conservatives have not done their jobs and that is why the Reform are here now.
I have a question for the hon. member. Last year we had a rail strike and farmers were suffering greatly because they could not get their products to market. The whole Canadian economy was losing $200 million per day.
Could the hon. member indicate to us why only six representatives of his party showed up in the House to vote?