Mr. Speaker, earlier this morning I made a phone call to my riding and talked to a friend of mine, a farmer. He informed me that his crop which is not harvested is now covered with about three inches of snow. It does not look very promising for farmers to get their crops off. He also knows about the debate today. He realizes that farmers surrounding him are in a bad position not only because of the failure of the government's AIDA program, which has just not been successful at all, but also because farmers realize once more that they will have no say on how they will be able to market any crop of wheat and barley they do get off. He is saying to fight tooth and nail on behalf of farmers to see that at least we can get this much relief. We need help.
I am surprised the agriculture minister is not in here demanding his government help the farmers to what little extent it can. The farmers are major consumers and it could amount to significant dollars that could save farmers.