I'd like to talk about the compensation awarded when serious animal-related problems arise. I'm thinking here in particular about the serious poultry crisis in British Columbia. In that case, the government, or the agency, compensated poultry producers for the losses they incurred. Similar action was taken when mad cow disease was discovered. Section 39 of the Plant Protection Act provides for payment of some form of compensation to producers.
I understand the growers in Saint-Amable were forced to destroy their crops. An order was issued to destroy potato crops infected with the cyst nematode. Now that the problem has been addressed in Quebec and in Canada -- except in the case of these growers -- could the CFIA look to section 39 of the Plant Protection Act to provide some compensation to these growers who stand to lose this year's crop, instead of resorting to the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization Program, in view of all of the associated problems that could arise?