Business risk management is something that we're talking about. We know that every province has various ways. Alberta can deal with situations on an ad hoc basis differently from Saskatchewan, for instance. Ontario deals with issues differently from the Maritimes. That's why one program doesn't fit every situation. I think we have to be cognizant of that and, in moving forward, recognize that.
We've talked about business risk management. Even in a sector such as the cattle industry, they're talking about things like that. They don't call it crop insurance or production insurance, but they like to think there might be a better way of dealing with some of these emergency situations.
My contention is that Canada has never had a food policy. We always talk about agricultural policy, but we don't talk about a food policy. It is my contention that we cannot have an ag policy without having a food policy. If we have a strategy for food production in this country, where we believe and are firmly committed to supporting the production of safe food for Canadians rather than becoming a dependent nation on others to produce that food for us, we will need good ag policy. If we come to that core issue and support that, then we will find these programs that will make it work. They'll work differently in different provinces and for different commodities, but I believe that is the core.
Would you agree with that principle, which I think is so fundamentally important, or is it something way out there in la-la land that doesn't meet with anyone's approval?