Mr. Speaker, when the Liberals took over as the government, this country took in $120 billion a year and spent $162 billion a year. If we were going to sustain any kind of support whether it be in the agriculture industry or any other sector, we could no longer continue on a course of bankruptcy as a country.
We made some tough decisions. Support programs were removed. The hon. member wants to forget that there was $1.6 billion in capital money which was put in as a replacement of some programs in western Canada. Adjustment programs of hundreds of millions of dollars were put in to assist the industry to adjust. There is $600 million a year contribution by the federal government in the safety nets. In the last two years there has been another $900 million.
We would all like to have more. Our challenge is to do as much as we can with the resources that are available. We will continue to look at that and try to find other appropriate ways to assist.