Mr. Speaker, the damage from the farm income crisis just gets worse. In my home province there is a suicide watch on farmers. No wonder. They are faced with another wave of disasters: AIDA program qualifications; continued high production costs; low commodity prices; and the lack of a national vision on the whole farm and our food supply. If these issues continue to be unabated we will surely lose a generation of young farmers by mere discouragement.
Will the minister immediately call on this government to declare a royal commission on the state of the family farm in this country?