Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
We've been tasked with trying to take a look at BRM, and we've been hearing from different witnesses. One evolving theme is the realities producers are facing. The BRM programs that are in place now aren't keeping up with those realities and a lot of things, such as severe weather, droughts and floods. The programs need some design change.
I'll ask my first question of Mr. Sullivan. I'm going to reference forage insurance. It's offered in most provinces in Canada through the AgriInsurance program. There are different parameters in every province, I think. I don't think it's the same everywhere.
In my province, in Prince Edward Island, we had severe drought and heat this summer, and forage insurance is triggered by rainfall, so even if you did trigger on the rainfall parameter, the heat was so extreme that it kind of got watered down. In essence, a lot of people didn't get payouts; their quality was very poor, and their yield was way down.
Is there an opportunity for what you presented, private and public partnership, that could take more parameters into the evaluation? Quality is the biggest thing in all feed production. Yield can't be the only deciding factor. I just want you to comment on that.