Mr. Speaker, I said all summer that the money would flow to the farmers' accounts in October and I am pleased to say today that the $600 million in transition money that will flow to farmers this year started to flow into farmers' accounts today. It will be deposited directly into their accounts. They can trigger the money out of there, and I have instructed officials that, once a farmer requests the money out of his or her account, it be made available to the farmer within 30 days. The money started to flow today.
In the House of Commons on October 4th, 2002. See this statement in context.