Mr. Speaker, farmers are becoming aware of what some of those salaries are. They are becoming aware that some of those people are being paid $120,800, $110,635, $119,000, $113,000. When I looked through the list I could not find many under $50,000 and most of them were over $60,000. The average farmer earns much much less than that. That is what concerns them. They want the auditor general to look at the books.
Did the member see the information his colleague referred to when he questioned me just before his speech? Did he see that information? If that information is being hidden from us, why? We have a right to know.
I would like to make this point in conclusion. There is a way to solve the dilemma this government is in. Government members are saying that the support we say we have for our amendments is not there, that the opposition to Bill C-4 is not there.
Put Bill C-4 to the test. Put it before farmers. Let them vote on it. There is no need to rush this through. We have until the fall before the directors will be put in place. Support our Reform amendment and let farmers tell this government directly what they think of Bill C-4. Why not do that? Is it not a good thing to do? It affects them.