Mr. Speaker, it is very sad that the hon. member and his party do not realize that the federal government puts $600 million a year into safety nets and that it has put in an additional $900 million over the past two years. They said that they would cut the agriculture budget. They said that subsidies are not the answer and then they stand in their places and say that they are not significant. We think they are. We would like to do more. We wish there were more resources but we are not prepared to approach it the way they would.
In the House of Commons on October 27th, 1999. See this statement in context.