I have to reassure Mr. Boshcoff that there is no secret agenda, no hidden agenda.
When you think about it, you're criticizing the government for taking action. Now, if we were to do this six months from now, everybody would be complaining that we were dragging our feet and all that. You know, let's face it: we've got a minister who is a man of action; we've got a Prime Minister who is a man of action. Whether the opposition wants to agree with that or not, I think they have a reputation for that.
The whole reason we're here is for the producer, for the agricultural people, right? You know what? They want this. The other interested people are the consumers. They want this. And I'm sure, when you went out into your ridings, you got exactly the same feedback as I got. The people we're here to represent want this, and so do the people who buy the product. Why are we complaining because the government takes action?
Mrs. Thi Lac, the government must take action. It is a responsible government.
And that's the problem. If we're the government—and we are the government—we have to take action. If anything, the government, the minister, and the Prime Minister should be commended.
Let's not let our personal egos get in the way here. We are going to have our input. Our input is here, if we can ever get this damn thing done and get it in to the minister. We'll make sure this is included in the final draft, and that's what it's about. But in the meantime, the people we're here to represent, the people who grow the product, are the ones who are the big winners. And we seem to be criticizing because the government took action to make our agricultural people the winners. That doesn't make any sense to me, not from an agricultural committee.
Thank you.