Mr. Speaker, this government has been aware that the crisis situation in farming communities has been there for more than a year. The problem with this government is it waits until there is a crisis situation before it acts. It does not try to prevent the crisis. It is reactive as opposed to proactive. It is like the government did with the helicopter deal, like it did with the department of fisheries, and like it did with the Canada pension plan.
I ask the minister of agriculture, why does the government always wait too long and do too little when there is a problem now in the agricultural industry?