Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you very much for your testimonies. Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to hear, once again, comments that will be very helpful in designing a Canadian farm policy. Also, I have greatly appreciated the remarks made by Mr. Kamenz and Mr. Tuinema. They said that if the federal government imposes its views and its goals on provinces, on farmers, on regions and on the different commodities through a national policy, it will create disparities. This is what is happening now with the first Agricultural Policy Framework which has been forcibly put in place.
If we are here today and if the federal government, and even a Senate committee, has been consulting people all across the country, it is because things are not working as we would like. Let us be clear, we should design a flexible agricultural policy framework for provinces, areas and various commodities.
Mr. Kamenz and Mr. Tuinema, in your testimonies, you mentioned the companion programs issue. I would like some more information on the implementation of these programs in Ontario. Are they complementing federal programs such as CAIS or duplicating them?