When disasters or very serious climate events, such as floods, occur and core programs like AgriStability, AgriInvest and AgriInsurance are unable to respond quickly to assist businesses, either because they don't cover the losses incurred by those businesses or because those losses are extraordinary, agricultural producers need rapid assistance to meet their cash flow needs or to restart their operations with new investments.
In the case of the AgriRecovery program, the full extent of the losses must be assessed, a diagnosis carried out and a request submitted to the provincial government concerned. The provincial government must then agree to ask the federal government to intervene, and at that point, a series of criteria and frameworks come into play. If assistance has already been provided for the same type of losses in the past, it is not possible. These criteria make it difficult to obtain additional funding when the same type of event occurs again. The demonstration the provincial government must make to the federal government is very difficult. Moreover, first and foremost, the provincial government must also be convinced, as it is responsible for 40% of the cost.