Mr. Speaker, listening to the hon. member speak, I thought to myself that if I was looking for a career what I would do is go into agriculture and start farming. It is the growth industry of Canada according to the hon. member. Egg production is going up and the price is going up. It is all the way down the line. Red meat is better than it has ever been. It is just a wonderful, rosy picture. How can the hon. member make statements like that when there is all kinds of evidence to the contrary?
We heard from the people who are representing the farmers of Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Alberta. All of them said that these people are in trouble, and this gentleman has the audacity to tell us that they do not have a problem, that there is just a bit of a problem here and there in isolated little pockets. We are not talking about isolated little pockets; we are talking about an industry that is in trouble in very many of its areas.
Exactly what is the hon. member trying to tell us about agriculture? Does he believe there is a problem, or does he believe there is not a problem?