Thank you, Chair.
Welcome, guests.
I'll give you a bit of background. I really do miss these discussions. I used to be the president of Keystone Agricultural Producers out of Manitoba, and I really do miss them, especially from Quebec. You guys can just light things on fire as far as farm policy goes, so congratulations.
I'll focus on the vegetable growers today, Catherine.
I was just admiring.... They refer to it as a suite of programs. I was just looking through them. According to our report here, there are 11 different programs for agriculture, and the federal government says, “Here's how we're looking after agriculture.” There are 11.
The first question I have is this. What are they really trying to focus on? What is the federal government really trying to focus on here when it comes to business risk management programs? I think it's way too much. What problem are we trying to fix? Are we trying to fix crop insurance, when someone has lost their crop and that's gone south, or is it their business in general, when they have too much debt? They're both interrelated, but with the programs right here, right now, I can honestly say that I've never seen such a mishmash of things just to try to make everybody happy.
Catherine, could you comment briefly on that?