Mr. Speaker, in 1998 and 1999 alone the the federal government and the Manitoba and Saskatchewan governments provided $984 million in assistance through the safety net programs to the farmers in those two provinces. When we add the AIDA support for 1998 and 1999 we will be adding another $550 million worth of support to producers. It is not enough. We wish we had more. We wish we could find more resources. We are looking at it and we are doing all that we possibly can with the resources available.
In the House of Commons on November 3rd, 1999. See this statement in context.