Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to congratulate the member for Toronto—Danforth. Being a city folk, he has done an awful lot to try to put across the issues of the farm crisis and certainly the issues that affect farmers themselves.
In saying that, I wish everybody in the House would stop playing politics and get to the issue. The issue obviously is trying to find solutions to a very serious problem. It is a non-money issue.
I have a question for the hon. member for Toronto—Danforth. There was a non-money issue when the Minister of Finance decided to spend $1.3 billion on an energy rebate, and I am not going to argue that program. Perhaps it was the best program that could have come forward.
Does the member not believe that the same kind of political will in the government could and should come forward with $1 billion, or $900 million or $1.3 billion for an issue that is equally as important, which is agriculture in the country?