Mr. Speaker, it is very laudable to suggest that every motion should be votable, and we agree. Had the Reform Party felt that this was a very serious issue, I am sure it could have made it one of its votable supply days.
As for taxation, I agree with the member that producers pay taxes as do every other sector of society in Canadian life. What I said was that the tax relief program put forward by the official opposition will not resolve the problem we have today. A five or ten year tax regime ultimately is the best thing for Canadians. It will not resolve the problem of those producers who cannot put a crop in this spring. That means there has to be support programs put into place.
If the Reform Party wants to hang its hat on a five year program of tax relief, then unfortunately the people now finding themselves in difficulty will not be around in five years to support its tax relief program.