Mr. Speaker, the farmers, the bankers and the credit unions are telling us that this program is virtually useless for a lot of farmers.
The minister of agriculture's officials have indicated that even farmers who qualify for this emergency package will only receive 40% of their entitlement now. It will be fall before those few who do qualify for assistance will receive their full entitlement.
Are his officials, who said this, wrong? Will farmers really have to wait until the fall to get help from the government?