Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's question is a valid one.
This extra $17 million was being offered as though it were real money. None of this money that I can see has gone to anybody in terms of building slaughter capacity. This plan has not put any concrete in the ground. We are dealing in a time of crisis when it is very difficult for any plant to go to a bank to obtain funding. We have no clear picture of where this market is going.
There is this loan loss guarantee which the bankers are just learning about now from what we can begin to understand. For the people who are trying to get these plants off the ground it is extremely frustrating. Dangling another $17 million of Monopoly money in front of their faces is only adding insult to injury.