As a first response, we know that the federal government wants to organize consultations on this issue, in which we want to participate actively since many of our members are concerned about it. We really hope that the measures will be clarified in the next federal budget.
Furthermore, we often hear that some producers have not received anything under other free trade agreements, or that payments were significantly lower than they had been promised, according to them. We want the compensation parameters for dairy producers to be defined in the short term. It is also desirable that a system be put in place quickly, applied diligently, to speed up the payment of the compensation promised to dairy processors. Contributions from the dairy processing investment fund should also be paid, prorated to the volume of production.