Mr. Speaker, indeed there is nothing at all in the finance minister's budget for Canadian farmers. Yet, farmers, that is grain producers in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta are going through a deep crisis. Many of them have already left their farms because it was no more possible for them to continue without help.
It is nothing at all. There is unfair competition in the world with massive subsidies in Europe and the United States going to their farmers. It is no wonder our farmers cannot compete. They receive very little help. Our farmers are efficient. They produce grain and food in a very competitive way.
I will give an example. Grain farmers get 9 cents on the dollar from the federal government. American grain farmers in Montana and North Dakota get 35 cents on the dollar from their federal government in Washington. In the European Union, farmers in France or Italy get 55 cents on the dollar from their federal government in Brussels. That is not fair. That is why farmers are leaving the land. There was nothing in the budget last night for the farmers of Canada.