Thank you.
I hope you don't interpret my comments as supporting Agricorp. My provincial minister is suitably upset with me because of my comments around Agricorp and instructing her and the chair of the public accounts committee to audit Agricorp for the very reasons that you've pointed out.
With respect to a national farm program that is similar to the U.S. Farm Bill, that is what we have all been saying for the last 20 years. The good news is that 20 years later we have a working model in Quebec, which is one we need to replicate in other provinces. The Quebec model says to the federal government, make your allocation and allow us to distribute that money as we see fit; we will do it right, and the producers will work in collaboration with us to design the programs and the tools that they need.
The challenge we're running into a brick wall on is extending that same companion program philosophy to all of the other provinces.