Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Lisgar-Marquette outlined examples that clearly explained why it is imperative that the Canadian Wheat Board be put under the jurisdiction of the auditor general. The wheat board should also be subject to the Access to Information Act. Farmers are asking: "Why all the secrecy?" Reform members of Parliament are asking: "Why all the secrecy?" Why cannot this board be held accountable to the people that are paying the bills, the farmers?
As the hon. member opposite mentioned, there has been a lot of dissent. In my riding of Prince George-Peace River, farmers are divided on what to do with the wheat board. It is universal across the west that farmers are divided. However, there is one thing they are not divided on, and that is holding the board accountable.