Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Selkirk—Interlake for his intervention. I agree. Large corporations can follow the example of the banks and give farmers a break. There is no way that they can buy back land that is coming up this year with the low commodity prices. No one has had a chance to put any kind of cash reserves aside to make the down payment required to buy back the land.
Farmers do not want to lose any of their land. It is part of the viability of their operation. Whether one loses a quarter, five quarters or all five sections really does not matter. It is a chink in the armour. It is a chip away at the bottom of the dike and everything else will break loose from there.
We need to revisit that situation. We need to look long and hard at avenues that will allow farmers some breathing space to put a few nickels back in their jeans and make that down payment to stay viable.