Mr. Danny Foster at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On December 5th, 2007. See this statement in context.

December 5th, 2007 / 5:15 p.m.

Director General, Business Risk Management Program Development, Farm Financial Programs Branch, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Danny Foster

We've worked hand-in-hand with industry and the provinces in developing the margin-based program. Basically what we have today is that the whole farm concept is margin-based with this program, but we've made a number of improvements to that margin-based concept. On top of that, we've added the AgriInvest program, which is an entitlement-based program.

So in terms of the influence of the provinces, they've been there every step of the way with us—and with industry, actually—in developing what we have.

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