Mr. Speaker, I think it should be stated here and now that those agreements which have been worked out with the federal government, the provincial governments and the producers are in place to help producers. There is absolutely no question that it is not just the federal government which is part of the AIDA program.
The reality is that the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in this House announced $900 million for the farm community. As I understand the facts, another $600 million will come from the provinces. As a result, $1.5 billion will go into agriculture this year.
The reality is, as one of my colleagues pointed out to me, that very close to half of that money will go to the western province of Saskatchewan. The reality is, there are large payments and there is support going to western Canada. There is no question, that is in place.
Sometimes people can say that what is being sent is not enough, and that is reality. However, it is a fair amount of money if one stops to think about $1.5 billion.