Mr. Speaker, I am glad the hon. member asked that question. First of all, when that program was announced there was some reluctance on the part of Saskatchewan to even opt into it because basically, as this House knows, most of the farmers in Canada live in Saskatchewan. Therefore, the greater proportion of the 60:40 split would have to be borne by the provincial government. The province opted in, but, interestingly enough, just a week later the agriculture minister for Manitoba said “We are opting in because only 15% of our farmers will qualify”. What did the minister of agriculture for Manitoba know that we did not know?
I now know that less than 15% of our farmers will qualify because of the Houdini form that has been sent out. The government is returning to Canada's number one industry, Saskatchewan's number one industry, $900,000, which is a great deal less than was spent on the floods and the ice storms, and those people deserved it. Is the government trying to say that the people out there do not deserve it? They did not deserve the forms which were sent out. Most assuredly, that is the biggest disaster they have had so far.