Ms. Oliver, I will move on to you now.
Your testimony basically echoes many of the comments we have heard, not only during the study—because we have not really held that many meetings on the issue—but also in the past. We also organized tours, such as our tour concerning young farmers, during which we met many people.
I was saying that your testimony is very interesting, since it has many points in common with testimonies we received during a tour that we recently went on regarding young farmers and also testimonies we received since the committee began studying the program reviews.
The sad thing about livestock producers is that they currently find themselves in the most difficult situation of all members of the agricultural community, whether in Quebec or in Canada, especially in your region of the country.
I got a lot of my information from a cross-Canada survey conducted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. This survey of over 1,000 farmers compiled some very interesting statistics.
The study indicates that, when it comes to AgriStability, livestock producers benefited the least from the program. There is a problem there, since 70% of livestock producers participated in the program. That doesn't mean that they received any compensation, even though the program does, in fact, apply to them. Livestock producers feel that it's not really worthwhile to try to get assistance through the AgriStability program.
In your opinion, how can the program be modified to really meet the livestock producers' needs?