Mr. Speaker, I am rising to speak on behalf of my constituents at this point. I have three questions for the hon. member.
There have been at least two bills in the last week that have come before this House, extreme government bills, that have really polarized the people rather than bringing them together. The speech which was just given is a prime example of one region being pitted against another region through this bill, as it was through Bill C-4. I want to give three examples and three questions to illustrate what I am talking about.
The Crow benefit was done away with by the Liberal government a few years ago with the intention that it would promote diversification. We now have Bill C-19 before the House which works contrary to that. The diversification is now beginning to take place. Farmers are beginning to grow products besides the traditional grains. One example is that they are going into the cubing of alfalfa, hay. They are making these into cubes. That is not included in this legislation, so it discourages farmers from trying to diversify because it is not included. I do not know if that is an oversight by the government, but it is serious concern of the people in my riding.
They should not simply have a few products covered by this. It should include all products. Farmers do not just grow grains anymore. The government should take that to heart. My question is should all products not be included?
The second thing the member talked about was strike breakers or scabs as some of the Bloc people are calling them—