Mr. Speaker, the government is failing farmers and misleading Canadians.
It is failing farm families on the edge of bankruptcy. Farms that have been in families for generations will soon belong to the bank.
The government's AIDA program is not delivering. Only 28% of prairie farmers who have applied for AIDA have received a cheque. What about the other 72%? What kind of Christmas will those families have?
The government is not content with ignoring farmers. It is also trying to mislead Canadians into believing that there is no problem on the farm.
The Prime Minister claims that he has given farmers $1.5 billion through the AIDA program. This is just not true. Only 15% of the AIDA money has been delivered.
When the Prime Minister is faced with premiers from western Canada, he invents new statistics to hide the crisis. Why can he not fix the problem instead of trying to sweep farmers under the rug?
It is clear that the Liberals do not care about the farm income crisis and farm families will be left out in the cold this winter.