First of all, I agree with you that it's too long. The fact is, it's a federal-provincial program. The province puts the information together and we evaluate it. We both have criteria to follow. We have to continue to do that.
As you're aware, we will be having a meeting where I expect to meet your minister, Mr. Lamontagne, who I must say has been very good to work with. However, we want to get the cheques out, as I'm sure he does, as quickly as possible. We will be meeting in the Yukon in July, and the business risk management programs will be on the table, I am sure. If there's a way we can coordinate this and put it together faster, we want to do that. In fact, we will make a change in tax deferrals. That, of course, is an issue for the beef farmers. It took too long, and we're starting the evaluation earlier, just to make sure.
Quite honestly, what we're trying to do is make sure that we get cheques in the pockets of qualified farmers and ranchers as quickly as possible, and we will continue to do so.