Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to the member for Selkirk—Interlake. He accused the NDP of wanting to throw a billion dollars here and a billion dollars there.
I can assure the hon. member that our agriculture critic, the member for Palliser, has estimated that anywhere from $500 million to $700 million is needed for emergency aid now so that farmers right across this country can get through the winter.
As a former member of the fisheries and oceans committee, I want to express this statement, relating it to farming and agriculture, and see if he agrees. “Our fisheries and marine policy is a perfect example of how Canada does not work and how unaccountable and dysfunctional our system of government can be”.
If we relate that to farming and agriculture, would he not agree that is a valid statement?