We will talk about Nova Scotia later. We will talk right now about the province of Quebec.
I want to recognize in the House again the tremendous response that the province of Quebec has had for our farm community. If all provinces had the interest in farming that they have in the province of Quebec, we probably would not have the crisis that we have right now.
I spoke to a number of farmers on the Hill the other day. Above all, they are concerned with the supply management. They are concerned about the protein substitutes that are coming into our trading system. I am glad to hear tonight that the minister will do something to shut off those protein substitutes.
Second, I am very glad to hear the minister will put more money in our budget. We know what money was put in the budget in 1994 and 1995-96. I am glad to see the minister is getting that money out, and did it in the month of January.
Above all, I want to emphasize tonight that a report was done. The minister's parliamentary secretary was part of that report from the standing committee.
The minister talked about a crisis, distress and the amount of money set aside for very particular problems. I am glad to see he is committing himself to that.
Also, I want to say that the figure the minister quoted in terms of five years is far, far short of the figure that most farm groups see. To think that only an extra $500 million is being put in over each year is certainly far short of their objectives of seeing a massive amount of money being put into the farm community that would get us beyond this crisis and that would alleviate our problem.
I hope that when we see the budget next month, the minister will see more put into the budget, as he indicated tonight.