Madam Speaker, the hon. member should know that I have no idea how much the advertising campaign cost.
As question period will start in about 25 minutes, that question would probably be better put directly to the minister who, I am sure, would be happy to answer it.
As for the comment about it being an anti-farmer campaign, the opposition likes to make the point that Canadians have a right to know how their tax dollars are being spent. It is absolutely ridiculous to suggest that because the government is explaining how we spend roughly $1.7 billion in terms of annual farm support programs to Canadians that it is somehow anti-farmer.
We are telling Canadians how we spend the money. Is it not implicit in that argument that we need to spend the money and that our farm sector is important?