Madam Speaker, I listened to all the wonderful things the Liberal government has done in the last many years I have been here, since 1993. I think the member who just spoke has been here since then as well. She will well remember that in 1993 the Liberals talked about doing something by 2005 for the one million children in the country who were living in poverty.
We have done something all right. It is now 2005 and up to 1.5 million children are living in poverty. That is really fixing the problem. We have had huge surpluses over the last while. I know we were all excited about a $1.9 billion surplus in the last budget. Lo and behold it is $9.1 billion. The Liberals had their numbers mixed up, and another $8 billion suddenly appeared.
I watched Prime Minister Chrétien and the past agricultural minister stand in a field at some farm and say that they were giving another $6 billion to farmers across the country. Then we keep hearing announcements about billions of dollars given to farmers, but they are going broke day by day. There are more bankruptcies across the country.
In my riding, 75% are farmers. I guarantee that they are going under. There are all these fabulous announcements, but what makes the news more than anything else is ad scam. We cannot trust a government that does not take care of these accounts. It is not looking after the children who are living in poverty, as evidence shows. It is not helping our farmers. I can guarantee that I will produce the farmers to testify to that fact if the Liberals want.
When will they quit talking, start to get honest and do some things around here that will really benefit us?