You are strict, Mr. Chair, but I respect that.
Mr. Camirand, Tyler McCann told the committee something especially interesting. He specifically said that the goal of agricultural risk management programs is not to generate growth, but to respond quickly when farms experience a shock, geopolitical, climate-related or otherwise, to support them so they can essentially get back to square one.
Take, for example, my region, which was hit by a winter freeze, droughts and forest fires. The assistance provided wasn't enough to cover the costs, given what the producer had to pay to make up for those shocks, and in my opinion, that means the program doesn't work, especially since the assistance was insufficient and took too long to arrive.
What should have happened is that the cheque should have gone out quickly to prevent producers from having to sell livestock, for example.
How do you think programs should work? What adjustments are needed?