Sure. I'll speak to the changes to AgriStability and to the whole suite. We went from production insurance and the CAIS program to a four-program suite, which included AgriStability.
The main differences between AgriStability and CAIS are in inventory valuation. That was an important change long demanded by the agriculture sector, especially the livestock industry. It reflects declines in prices of inventories in the year that they happened. That was a significant change. We've also expanded the eligibility rules for negative margin coverage. We realize that the industry is asking for further changes, but we significantly expanded the eligibility rules for negative margin coverage so that more producers could become eligible.
We put in the targeted advance mechanisms so that sectors like the hog sector, which has been in dire straits for the last three years--with some sign of recovery this year, until last month--could access AgriStability funds earlier. For example, the targeted advances for 2009 totalled some $140 million. That money was sent out to producers. In provinces that wanted to participate, they gave the producer a letter that said: “You're eligible for x amount. Sign below”. If the producer signed, he got a cheque immediately. The targeted advance mechanism has been an important feature for the hog industry over the last few years.
Those are the main ones.