Mr. Speaker, if I understand the member correctly, he is saying we should loosen the criteria and give as much money as possible to all the farmers who say they have a problem.
That was precisely the mistake made by the government when it attempted to help the east coast fishermen who were affected by the cod moratorium. A lot of the $1.5 billion that went to the maritimes did not reach the people who actually needed it.
Surely criteria have to be established and there has to be a bureaucracy that looks at how the money is spent on a program like this. If the member really has complaints about the AIDA program, surely he has a responsibility to be specific in his complaints rather than just suggesting we add more money to the pot.