Mr. Speaker, the minister has been widely quoted recently as saying he was practising tough love for farmers. I think he should keep a dose of the same medicine for his own department.
The fact of the matter is that there was a $420 million output on AIDA as of December 9. That means there is more than $500 million in the system for 1998.
When will that money get out to the farmers? The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food promised it before Christmas at the Sask Wheat Pool convention on November 18.