Thanks, Mr. Chair.
On the outside, this looks good, but maybe the parliamentary secretary.... Let's talk about an example. Let's talk about a farmer whose grain was supposed to be moved last December. Now it's the middle of January and he's lost $100,000.
First of all, what expenses would be included in this? There's another thing. Let's go through it. Now, how would a producer.... What process would be taking place? How would they have access to this? Also, what about timelines? Would they get paid in 30 days? If it was noted that they had lost $100,000, would they get paid in 30 days? Would they have to go through some sort of regulatory process that could take six years?
I'd like the parliamentary secretary to give an example of a farmer. We know many of them across this country who have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Let's say one stepped up to the plate now and said that he still has grain and he could have got way more for it last November. He wouldn't have had to store it, and now he's sitting with it and he's losing its value, so what does he do?
Let's go. Am I going to be assured that I'm going to have money in 30 days if I can show my receipts that I've lost money and I have expenses? Give us an example of the expenses that will be eligible and the process for what the farmer does. Do they just pick up the phone and ask somebody to come to their office?
The other thing is timelines. We know that the government has crop insurance and various programs out there, and there are timelines for when you get paid. We just hope that we don't have some bureaucratic system here that the farmer can't have access to and where he has to wait forever for the money while the banks are waiting for that farmer to pay his bills. Maybe can you give us an example of the farmer who lost $100,000 over the last couple of months?