Thank you.
First of all thank you so much for everything that your organizations do. Supply management is so important to Canadians, so thank you for advocating on behalf of the farmers you represent.
To be sitting here having a conversation about opening our supply-managed dairies and expanding our chicken imports weighs heavily on me as a consumer and as a Canadian. To support producers and supply-managed sectors during the implementation of the TPP and the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, the federal government has announced an assistance package composed of a $2.4-billion income guarantee program, a $1.5-billion quota value guarantee program, a $450-million processor modernization program, and a $15-million market development initiative.
Are the proposed amounts sufficient to offset any negative impacts of the TPP and CETA, and help support Canada's dairy and chicken sectors?