Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.
On the farm question, George Bush has put up 100% of the money for American farmers, not the states of Montana and North Dakota.
Our Liberal government wants to put up 60% of the money and the provinces the rest, which discriminates again some of the smaller provinces that do not have the same fiscal capacity as some of the larger ones.
Our federal government is sitting on an $8 billion surplus today. International trade is under federal jurisdiction. Because of those facts, will the Prime Minister now do the right thing and make sure the federal government pays 100% of the cost to the farmers of this country?