Mr. Speaker, the hon. member talks about a very flawed AIDA program, but the fact of the matter is that the government has ponied up and has put $900 million on the table. As I understand it, of the applications that have been made for assistance, over 50% are from the province of Saskatchewan which has been the most hard hit by this time factor.
Are we going to be all things to all people? Are we going to help every single farmer 100% of the time? I do not think so. In my own riding people who have applied for the AIDA program complain that it does not do everything they would like it to do. However, I think when they sit back and think about how far we expect governments to reach into their wallets, all they are really doing is reaching into the wallets of other taxpayers.
What is the level of support that we can afford in this country? The reality is that we cannot be all things to all people, but we can try to do the best we can with the resources we have and I think we have been very effective at doing that.