Mr. Speaker, I know the hon. member's colleagues on his side will tell him that we had four hours of meetings on the agriculture standing committee today with farm leaders such as Jack Wilkinson and the western pools.
NISA is a good program but it is not the answer to all our problems. That is why we spent four hours in committee listening to these people and asking questions. This is a serious situation. No one has all the answers. That is one of the reasons my hon. colleague from Prince Edward Island on this side of the House today asked what he proposes. The supply management sector is healthy at this time. Does he support that? What would he like us to do?
He does not want us to help anybody out. He wants to cut money from all these programs. Yet he wants us to help the western producers. I want to do that too. We have to look at how bad the circumstances are and see what we can do. This is not a short term problem. World prices are at the very lowest in commodities. We want to work together with our colleagues.