Mr. Speaker, the prairie farm lobby has been telling any MPs who would listen today what we have been telling the government for months. Namely, net farm income for both Manitoba and Saskatchewan is in a deficit position and AIDA and other safety net programs simply are not working because they were never designed to deal with a crisis of this magnitude.
Everyone agrees that the long term solution is for Americans and Europeans to reduce subsidies. We know that. What is the government's short term solution that will allow 16,000 prairie farm families to stay on the land this year?