More in Quebec, but not necessarily within supply management. Thanks to FISI, the Farm Income Stabilization Insurance program in Quebec, pork producers who often need government aid receive it very fast thanks to advance payments. The government has found a method that does not require people to wait two years, even though there will never be a perfect method.
Regarding our supply management system, we cover production costs using a very efficient method. When the price of mash increases, since that is the biggest cost in the production of both eggs and poultry, the increase does not take a year, but rather three or four months. As a result, our risk management system and our calculation principle make us react very quickly. Two years is certainly too long. I know that pork producers have received aid. For beef producers, the situation is different, but the same calculation principle and the same approach apply to speed up the process.
