Thank you. Following that is difficult.
What you're saying is that there's so much capitalization in agriculture that unless you inherit a farm, it's very difficult to begin. Mr. Chair, I think that's a very important point to make. If we don't acknowledge that, we're certainly not going to see much of a future in this country.
In the presentations today, we heard of different sectors and different regions, but if we go back to programs--we have provincial and federal programs--are there too many programs? Is it too complicated? Do you think there could be a better system, having programs in certain areas federally and certain areas provincially?
A lot of people seem to get hung up on programs. They never seem to have an answer about how they're going to work. As you say, there's very little vision in terms of whether they'll be there in three years' time. And with it, we are dealing with the WTO and with all sorts of trade agreements that we could be getting into difficulty with.
But federally, we've put a lot of money into agriculture. The minister recently announced a lot of money. Is it going to help anybody?
Scott, you're right to ask if what the minister announced just a few weeks ago will help you--billions of dollars. Apparently the government today has put more money into agriculture, they say, than any government in the past. I'm a Liberal; I challenge that a little bit. But this is the message that Chuck Strahl is telling Parliament, that never before has a government put more money out there for farmers.
But we travel the country, and everybody seems to be quite unhappy about what their lot will be.
Scott.