As to some of the issues we've talked about around the CAIS program, and you mentioned the caps especially.... There are caps on CAIS, there are caps on the new AgriInvest program, and we have been really concerned about that right from the start.
Our indication is that governments do tend to like to have capped programs. This is not the first time that has been the case. But our industry is changing. Not to say that smaller producers are not efficient, but some of our producers have seen fit to grow in size and it has worked very well for them, and those producers are basically being left out of the CAIS program and being left out of the AgriInvest program because the caps are insignificant in relation to the size of their operation.
In Saskatchewan, for example, 60% or 75% of hog production doesn't get protected by the CAIS program. So you have to stop and ask yourself why we have these programs.
In answer to your question, fixing those doesn't resolve the issue for all producers, but there's a tremendous issue with the CAIS program in that we often hear producers say, “You know, this CAIS program is great; I got a pretty good-sized cheque, and it helped me out when I needed the help.” And then we'll get comments from other producers who will say it has not helped them, because maybe they're a colony and they're diversified, and maybe they're just large and over the cap.
So there is a lot of production that gets missed because of the caps we have in our programs. So that's a real issue for us.