Mr. Chair, I beg to correct the members opposite. It was virtually unanimous, the support for this particular position at our convention. If those members would bother to take the time to read through the results of that convention and all of our policies, which, let us face it, are very strong--we have a much more broadly based and a much more comprehensive agriculture policy than the Liberal Party has ever developed--then they would see that this is a party that truly understands and respects agriculture and is prepared to act for it, not in spite of it.
In the House of Commons on June 7th, 2005. See this statement in context.