Ms. Bibeau made a clear call to the provinces that she would recommend that be AgriInsurance programs, for the lack of manpower due to the COVID-19 situation. However, no provinces as of now have answered to that and adjusted the program for that. We have situations where a shortage of labour will happen. We saw in asparagus season, for instance, in a lot of areas where the fields were completely lost because of a lack of manpower for harvesting. We see that in strawberries right now, where, with the hot temperature, the fruits are ready very fast and we don't have the manpower to harvest them all, so there are losses there. This will happen throughout the season.
If there were adjustments to the AgriInsurance program covering the lack of manpower or taking care of the crops or harvesting the crops, that would be a very good thing.
However, according to discussions with our province's agriculture minister, they rely on the AgriStability program because they say that the labour is not an insurable risk right now through the crop insurance program. They don't want to touch the crop insurance program but would like to see solutions through AgriStability. This is right because, if there's a lack, AgriStability will catch it. If there's no lack, AgriStability won't need to pay. On the other hand, for a season like this year, I think it's a very good idea to have labour as an insurable risk.