Mr. Speaker, I want to respond to one or two observations made by the hon. member for Palliser.
In his remarks a few minutes ago he indicated, and one could perhaps infer it from what he said, that very little AIDA money is flowing into his home province of Saskatchewan. In the interest of accuracy we should share with the member the latest information.
As of October 20, five days ago, a total of $72,149,506 has been paid out to farmers in the member's province of Saskatchewan. That is from a total number of claims paid of 6,865. With Saskatchewan having so many cereal grain farmers and cereal grain farmers being so impacted by low commodity prices it is understandable that the largest amount of money would be going into the member's home province. Almost half of the AIDA money paid out has gone to Saskatchewan.
I wanted to share that information with the member as I am quite sure he would want farmers to understand it.