I can give you an example. In 2023, fruit and vegetable producers in Quebec had a rather difficult year. There was drought for part of the summer. Then there was torrential rain. A lot of people had to trigger the AgriStability program. Because of the way these programs work, when there are two bad years in a row, they don't kick in anymore, because our reference margin, which is an average of the last five years, is too low. AgriStability is one of the programs that should be adapted as quickly as possible, because it should be the first program triggered to cover such losses.
That same year, we also used AgriRecovery, and it was 18 months before producers received a penny from the initiative.
These are all programs that need to be reviewed as quickly as possible, as Ms. Lessard mentioned, given the climate change we are currently experiencing. These are underutilized programs, because the criteria are wrong and they don't kick in.
