Mr. Speaker, I am really quite shocked that these members want to interrupt us at every opportunity they get. That same Canadian Federation of Agriculture is against this piece of legislation as it is. It wants some major amendments to this legislation before it will be put in place.
So if the member is going to refer to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, he had better give the whole story. It does not support this legislation as it is. In fact, even the wheat board advisory committee is strongly against. It said it wants this bill defeated if the parts of the bill that refer to cash purchases are not removed. It does not even support it, if you can believe it.
In fact, the only witness who supported this bill, and even with amendments or with relatively minor amendments, was the current chief commissioner of the Canadian Wheat Board, Lorne Hehn. He is the only one. In committee I asked Chief Commissioner Hehn if he in fact was not in line for an appointment as president, CEO, and he did not deny it.