Mr. Speaker, the agriculture minister continues to blame farmers for his poorly designed program and his mistakes in implementing it. To date there has not been a penny go out to the farmers in western Canada or in eastern Canada. Preliminary analysis of this program by bankers and farmers shows that they are not going to get the support they desperately need. What contingency plan does this minister have to get money to hard-pressed farm families in Canada that need that money now for seeding?
In the House of Commons on April 21st, 1999. See this statement in context.