If I use the first APF as an example, you will recall that the federal government allocated a certain amount to, say, the environmental pillar, and then the provinces contributed their share. That then allowed us to develop a national approach to, say, an environmental farm plan. In this case, in ecological goods and services, we could do the same thing. If there was agreement at the federal-provincial level and the agriculture ministers agreed to an ALUS-like program, for example, that could then be implemented nationally and would be jointly funded by both the provincial and the federal government.
On May 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.