Mr. Speaker, I am interested in the member's closing remarks and I reject a lot of her allegations.
The government has been there for Canadian farmers in their time of need. We know that the industry is going through a difficult time now with BSE, potatoes and hogs.
However, there is the agricultural policy framework. Yes, more needs to be done and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food is doing that. However, she said that the Conservative Party has a plan.
This morning I had the opportunity to meet with some of the supply management groups. The supply management industry is quite healthy. Part of the plan the member is talking about--and I will quote it from the Conservative Party website--suggests that the Conservative Party will shut down supply management. It states:
A Conservative government will ensure that any agreement which impacts supply management gives our producers guaranteed access to foreign markets, and that there will be a significant transition period in any move towards a market-driven environment.
Is the member and her party really willing to shut down the supply management industry and go to the open market in those industries? The supply management industries are the industries that are healthy. We should be promoting more of them, and that party wants to shut them down. That is what is hidden behind that party. We do not need that kind of policy.