Madam Chair, I listened carefully to the member opposite as he made his presentation, as I have listened to most of the people who have spoken tonight.
One would think, on an issue as important as this one is to the country and to Canadian farmers, that partisanship would be set aside and that all members of Parliament would be looking for a solution together to some of the serious problems that agriculture faces.
Sadly, we have heard from many members from the Liberal Party and especially from some members of the New Democratic Party a shameful partisanship, comments that are just way overboard and that, quite frankly, are not productive in arriving at some solutions to the problems.
Now the member who just spoke is not one of those people who has made the partisan comments.
Tonight we have heard several Liberal members and New Democratic members say that Conservatives were somehow the worst enemy of farmers. I would like to ask the member opposite why it is that a vast majority of farmers across the country voted for and elected Conservative members of Parliament. If Conservatives are not standing up for farmers in a way that is truly helpful to farmers, then why is it that a vast majority of farmers voted to support Conservative members of Parliament and elected Conservative members of Parliament across the country? How does the member explain that contradiction between what the Liberals and the New Democratic members say about Conservatives and farmers and the reality of what happens at election time?