Mr. Speaker, certainly in a non-partisan way I intend to stand here on behalf of Selkirk—Interlake constituents and vote yes to support farmers with an additional $400 million. I think that opportunity is open to everyone in the House.
I ask the member if he does not believe that in fact there are many ways to help farmers through non-direct subsidies. Would the member support a voluntary Canadian Wheat Board? Would he support a lowering of the federal excise tax on diesel fuel to zero from four cents, where it is today? Would he look at supporting grain transportation, so that it is not the highly regulated system it is today, and putting it on a commercial contract based system? All those things would add up to close to $400 million for farmers.