Mr. Speaker, I would like to clear up a misconception that was given by the member for Selkirk—Interlake when he implied that it was the government that stated this was a regional issue with western Canada.
It was a member from his party, the member for Dauphin—Swan River, who brought the topic up that this was a western concern and that eastern Canadians were fine because they had marketing boards.
I go from there to the chair of the rural caucus about that particular topic. The downturn of commodity prices is a national catastrophe. It is a national issue. Would he describe the effect of this downturn on his home province of Ontario?