Yes, I do hope that we are able to get a “balancing out” amount of money. My only hesitation in saying that--I hear announcements of $5.5 million or billion--is that it actually go to the producer.
I sit through a lot of meetings. I'm the president of our local Stockmen's Association, and I'm a director of our B.C. Cattlemen's Association. That's why I say I am the youngest person involved in our cattle industry, because I am. There's nobody younger than me, that I know of, who is involved in the Cattlemen's.
I see a lot of programs where we're paying good wages to people to come out and assess our crops or see if there's damage or try to bring us money. And I really feel that the people working in the program are getting more than the producer.
So as long as that money can come directly to us, then I am for it. But if it is going to be spent on just administration, then...
I would rather hear that the cattle producers aren't getting anything, because I don't want to hear that we are getting anything...and that we're not.