Mr. Speaker, we have people in the farming business now who are pulling out their life insurance policies, looking at them and coming to the conclusion, in some cases, that they are worth more dead than alive. It is coming to that.
They have no money left. They cannot spend any more money to feed the animals they currently have because they have no money coming in. They will have three times the number of calves after the spring births. They have had no income for the past year. They are at an impasse. It has been a terrible blow to the economy of the farmers themselves.
Then we have the feed stores, the equipment dealers, the car lots which sell vehicles to farmers, and grocery stores. Everyone in the service sector who service our farmers are being affected by this as well.
In summary, it is having a devastating effect in Ontario, and I know this devastating effect crosses the Ontario-Quebec border and out into the Maritimes as well.