Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary and the government can attack me if they like, but the fact of the matter is that the government is failing the beef industry in this country and the parliamentary secretary knows it. With huge surpluses, beef producers need an immediate cash payment and they need it now.
I would suggest that the little list that he went through is an absolute pittance in terms of what this industry needs. This industry is in disaster and the government is failing the industry. The Canadian Cattlemen's Association had a number of suggestions.
I am saying, number one, that we need an ad hoc payment and we need it today.
The Canadian Cattlemen's Association also talked about the need to lower the Bank of Canada interest rates. That has to be done.
The association said there needs to be changes to CAIS to ensure national uniformity and greater responsiveness to rapid change in currency values. That needs to be done.
The association said we need to decouple the cash advances from CAIS. That needs to be done. It said we need--