Mr. Chair, I did mention that in my speech. The folks who are calling me are just absolutely destroyed. We are talking about the 2002 CFIP payment. There is not a 2003 CFIP payment because we were blackmailed into the APF, and that is not working. So we have 2002 money that is two years old and now farmers are being told they are only going to get 60% of it. Those who got more than 60% received letters, and I have seen them, saying it is going to be clawed back. The minister says he is going to meet next week with the banks and Farm Credit. Maybe he should sit down with his own bureaucrats and make them more farm friendly.
In the House of Commons on February 4th, 2004. See this statement in context.