Mr. Francesco Del Bianco at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On January 31st, 2022. See this statement in context.

January 31st, 2022 / 12:15 p.m.

Director General, Business Risk Management Directorate, Programs Branch, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Yes.

As part of the recent agreements with the provinces, we have put in place a measure called late participation. Under this measure, if the Government of Canada and the provincial government decide to remove the requirement of previous enrolment in the program, producers who were not enrolled can enrol after the deadline. That's what we did. So producers can enrol in AgriStability for 2021, even if they were not previously enrolled.

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