I would have to agree with David. Direct payment is definitely the way dairy farmers across Canada want it to be received. Even if you're the smallest farmer, the biggest farmer or anywhere in between, you still get compensated. You don't have to submit an application and hope you're one of the two hundred or three hundred who win the lottery. In that sense, the direct payment is the fairest way to go.
On February 25th, 2020. See this statement in context.