Mr. Speaker, I totally disagree with the member when he talks about a double standard.
The industry was consulted. Maybe the producers to whom he talked yesterday were not aware of that or were not consulted, but the fact remains that the key stakeholders in this industry were consulted and they chose a phasing out of the subsidy rather than a buy out over a period of one or two years.
They thought it was the best way to proceed in order to avoid causing too big a change over a short period. We will phase out the subsidy over five years, just as recommended by these people.