Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Hanson, I'll turn to you. I know you were about to answer, but my time was short with the minister. I want to return to the line of questioning I had on the sustainable Canadian agricultural partnership.
You have asked the Parliament of Canada to approve $42 million in the supplementary estimates for contributions to the cost-shared programs. Back on October 29, Keith Currie, as president of the CFA, appeared before this committee. I want to quote some of his testimony for you.
He said:
...we cannot wait until 2028, when the next five-year FPT framework will be implemented, to address the sector's disaster relief needs. That's why we are recommending that the Government of Canada, in partnership with the provinces, territories and industry, immediately convene a disaster relief summit and strike a task team to look at options to better respond to environment-related disaster events.
This is not the only time the CFA and others have made this call. I think there is quite a lot of concern about waiting all the way until March 31, 2028.
Can you inform this committee what steps the federal department is taking in terms of leadership of the provinces in addressing these very real concerns?