Mr. Speaker, the member knows full well that unfortunately this decline in price has happened very quickly. As soon as it started to happen I met with my provincial counterparts. We are working with the industry and the safety nets advisory committee and I am talking to my cabinet colleagues so we can work together as we have in the past with the provinces and the industry to put in place an additional support system that will help farmers in this type of disaster.
In the House of Commons on November 26th, 1998. See this statement in context.