Mr. Speaker, it is typical of this member that he generally does not know what he is talking about. I assure the member that I grew up on a farm in southern Manitoba. I have scads of relatives and friends who work farms. I see and talk to them all the time. He may not want to believe that, but if he wants to check it out I invite him to do so.
I am very familiar with the motion. I find it very interesting that in effect the Reform Party is asking us to look at the farm crisis right now and do it on an urgent basis. There is nothing wrong with that, but the motion asks us to deal with other countries around the world concerning unfair subsidies.
It would take a number of months, if not years, to negotiate some new deals with other countries on subsidies. Yet that is exactly what members of the Reform Party want. They want us to spend years dealing on these international matters and at the same time hop on the farm crisis tomorrow. It is one way or the other. They cannot have it both ways.