We think there should be a funding envelope that would provide some money for regional or provincial-specific components to add to the national approach in business risk management.
I know in the government response to that recommendation in your report there's talk about not discriminating between sectors. We agree with that. We don't want to create inequity across Canada. We're trying to create equity knowing that agriculture is different because we're so diversified. It's different in some parts of Canada than in others.
There's also mention of a trade concern. We know we have x millions of dollars of allowable amber spending right now and we're quite a bit short of that. We know if there's a Doha Round, of course that amber allowable spending would decrease. If that's the case, then we believe it also behooves the federal government to ensure each province gets its proportional share of that allowable amber spending. Once you take off the national amber spending, each province gets its proportional share of the amber spending that's left. We think that can be done constructively as well through the federal government providing x number of dollars in a funding envelope for regional and provincial-specific companion programs in business risk management.
We're getting encouraging news from both levels of government on flexibility of non-BRM programs. That's important as well. We can't emphasize this one and neglect that one. We think they're both very important, because we think there's a lot of potential for provinces to do regional and provincial-specific initiatives when it comes to non-BRM programs as well. We think the two should go hand in hand.