Mr. Speaker, that way of thinking about the situation is the problem. Let us listen on Thursday and Friday when the premiers and the delegations are here from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Let us hear what they think needs to be done.
To assume that if restrictive regulations are not in place that eliminate half of the people from applying and that to reduce the regulations will cause abuse, is wrong. People are genuinely hurting. We have to make this program available to them. To approve one application and then to reject the next one for whatever reason is not the answer. To assume abuse is the wrong way to go about it.
Let us find out from the representatives of the farming community exactly what needs to be done. Let us follow their lead. They are the ones that do know.