It's a very important component of our responsibility. It is a responsibility shared with many other agencies within Canada. Specifically, within the CDC in the areas that we have direct influence over, we have over the years introduced a number of programs to facilitate the growth of dairy products and the opportunity for growth within Canada.
We have a program that we refer to as the domestic dairy product innovation program. It is a program whereby a processor or further processor can identify a product that is innovative, new, and needed in the marketplace. We then will follow a process to provide milk to that organization, such that there is no shortage of supply to meet the market's needs.
We have a program that we refer to as the dairy marketing program, whereby we solicit opportunities within Canada for further processors as well as for processors, which provides them with an opportunity to explore opportunities in marketing that they do not necessarily have the resources to explore. We have funding that provides a cooperation with them that allows them to expand their business.
We have a matching investment fund that is focused on research, on opportunities for research into new and innovative products, whereby we have a matching fund, up to a certain limit. It has been very successful for us over the last few years.
We have a special milk class permit program, which was introduced in the mid-1990s in response to a need to provide further processors in Canada with the opportunity to access milk at a competitive price, such that product that was coming into Canada would be met at competitive prices. This is also a very successful program and a large component of what we do.