Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the hon. member's concern but I have a question to ask him.
Why in the Conservative platform in the 1997 election did he say his government would continue to expand the practice of cost recovery in areas of food inspection and regulatory oversight, speed up the elimination of subsidies and take more than $600 million out of the agriculture and agri-food industry?
I am meeting with the industries to work with the producers and the provincial governments to address this serious situation. I am not taking the approach the member would.