Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to welcome the new clerk. I look forward to working with him.
I also want to thank the witnesses for their presentations this morning.
I remember that, a year ago, during the election campaign, we spoke a great deal about agriculture and ways to improve Growing Forward 2 and the risk management programs. Whenever I meet with people in my constituency—stakeholder groups or interested parties—they remind me that the programs must be improved.
One thing that I think is really important to have is a very smooth transition between Growing Forward and this new framework. There seems to be a lot of disruption in funding, especially for long-term research, which creates challenges for our innovation programs.
As you know, researchers need stability and assurance that the projects are going to continue, and the administrators need reasonable reporting deadlines. Can you assure us that this will happen? What kind of provisions are in place?