Good afternoon and thank you for being here.
As we travel around, we regularly hear that there should be a program for disaster relief and it should address needs right away. It would exist independently of the other programs and would apply in the case of natural and semi-natural disasters.
Do you think it would be a good idea to establish a program like that, with pre-defined criteria and the flexibility you have just mentioned? It would kick in right after a disaster. During my short career, I have seen some situations, including flooding in Saskatchewan. In those kinds of cases, the federal and provincial governments cannot come to an agreement, and farmers wait. A decision is finally made and that happens somewhere else.
Do you think that establishing a program of that kind should be our priority?