Mr. Pierre Corriveau at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On February 28th, 2013. See this statement in context.

February 28th, 2013 / 12:15 p.m.

Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food

I'll deal with the financial aspect of this, and my colleague will discuss the programming side.

You're correct. If you look at the main estimates, last year at the same time it was $1.295 billion, and currently it's $1.291 billion for the BRM elements of our program in the department.

Now within those there are shifts up down. For example, if you look at AgriInsurance, there's a significant increase in the estimated amount to be devoted to AgriInsurance. That's, again, demand-driven. As the minister said earlier, if the sector does well, then there are fewer payments in some of the programs.

But I'll let my colleague Greg explain to you the GF2 changes in those various programs.

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