Minister, the provincial ministers were told of the AgriStability reforms this past September, in Whitehorse. The changes came as quite a shock to many farmers in Quebec, given that the Financière agricole du Québec would have to assume the $445 million previously provided under AgriStability.
My question is this. I want to know whether other provinces had to take on a similar responsibility. And if so, how much does all that downloading represent for the federal government?