Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Everyone appreciates your coming out to outline your point of view.
It's good to be in your riding, Myron. We want to see you down in P.E.I. some time.
The proposal by Robert of Agri-Trend talks about the difficulty of getting results on the ground in a timely fashion while trying to deal with the bureaucracy at various levels. Whether it's in Ottawa, Regina, or Edmonton, it doesn't matter. It's the same with the CAIS program. One of the problems with the CAIS program is the complexity of it. Doug said it worked for him, and it does work some. It works reasonably well in the potato industry in our province. But a lot of it comes down to different accountants doing the applications too. It's overly cumbersome.
What has to be done to overcome that, Robert, or anyone else for that matter? Politically we will have some ideas on programming—some good, some bad—but getting the results out the other end sometimes seems possible.
On the disaster assistance you mentioned, Doug, the disaster program, can people be a little more specific on that? Disaster includes drought and flood, but do you see disaster including issues like avian influenza, potato wart in potatoes, and border issues with the United States or others as a result of BSE? Just how far do you go with disaster assistance, and should the lion's share of disaster assistance be funded by the federal government at 90%?