Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to our guests today.
First of all, looking at the report and a recommendation of ten-and-a-half months to assess and process an application, I know, from my own experience representing people who work not only in this sector but also in other sectors that are quite often hampered by disasters that nobody can control, that the timeframe itself would seem very inadequate for those operators' being able to get their agriculture business back on track for another year.
So the timeline really concerns me. Notwithstanding the amount of delay that we have already seen within the program, I still believe that better targets could be looked at by way of a timeframe. I would ask whether this is something the department will be undertaking, in addition to the other things that have already been recommended by the Auditor General.