Madam Speaker, there is a big difference between announcing the money and actually delivering it to the farm gate. That is exactly what has not happened on Canadian farms.
It is so frustrating to hear members across the way. When we go back to our ridings, and I know the member hears this too, it does not matter how many press releases the government sends out. It does not matter how elaborate the programs are that the government has designed or how many bureaucrats are dedicated to them. All that matters is whether or not we are getting results at the farm gate.
We are not getting results at the farm gate. What I am concerned about are the farmers who are stressed to the breaking point and the farmers who are giving up on their operations. The member can talk all he wants about what the government is doing but what I care about are the results that are being delivered.
It is fine for the member to talk about beef going across the border. It is great that the slaughter plants are able to send more boxed beef across the border but if we do not have an open border we do not have an outlet for that excess capacity and it means we have depressed prices. It means that many people cannot keep their farms and ranches going.
What we care about are the results that producers are getting. I hope the government is prepared to work with us to try to fix some of these problems. I cannot speak for everyone else but that is the offer I am making. I know that is what producers in my riding want. They do not really care which party gets this resolved, they just want it fixed.