Mr. Chair, I listened closely to the remarks by the member opposite. The member really tried to avoid saying much about the Conservative Party position on supply management. She talked about policies and actions.
I can tell that member this: it was the Liberal Party that brought in supply management and it is the Liberal Party that has stood behind supply management for 35 years.
Let us talk about the supply management policy of the Conservative Party. I will be really interested tonight to see if there are any former Alliance members not from Ontario who come here to speak on supply management, because I believe that the Alliance Party really controls that party over there.
We will look at its policy. I will read out the Conservative Party's policy statement of February 4 of last year and I ask members to listen closely:
A Conservative government will ensure that any agreement which impacts supply management gives our producers guaranteed access to foreign markets, and that there will be a significant transition period in any move towards a market-driven environment.
That, I believe, is the real agenda of that party over there, although it is trying to cover it up a bit with its new policy statement of this year, which really says that supply management remains viable and it will support supply management and its goal “to deliver a high quality product to consumers for a fair price with a reasonable return to the producer”.
Does that party really stand behind the pillars of supply management? That is my question to the member opposite. Does she really stand behind the policies? Does she have the support of her leader in doing that? And which policy of the Conservative Party opposite really exists? I believe it is the one which will really mean at the end of the day that there will be a “significant transition period in any move toward a market-driven environment”, because that is the real objective.
I am really very interested in seeing if any of the former Alliance members who are not from Ontario will be speaking in support of supply management here tonight.