Mr. Speaker, in my riding, and in many ridings across the country I am sure, for every dollar a constituent spends on taxes, whether it is income tax or at the gas pumps, they want those dollars taken care of. They want every cent taken care of.
Whether it is agriculture or health care, more money is needed. More money is needed in health care and more is needed for defence. There is a broad range of issues and departments out there that need more money. Agriculture is important, and it is truly important to me because I am a farmer, but every department needs more money.
The issue is not whether there should be more money for agriculture. Sure, we would all love to have more, but when we deal with this we have to be very careful on how we spend money on agriculture. We are in a trade zone in the world where we have to be careful about what programs we put out there. If we are not careful, we could end up having problems with the WTO.