Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Ferguson, you gave us several statistics. However, I would like us to try to put ourselves in the shoes of growers and producers, especially those who were victims of the 2010 drought.
It should be pointed out that the financial assistance that they received in response to the 2010 event arrived in the spring of 2011. Yet that assistance was essential for them to get through the winter so that they would not have to sell their livestock to cover their financial losses. They received the financial assistance in the spring of 2011. They did not wait for more than the nine months but it was too late. By the time the financial assistance had been sent, they had already had to sell their livestock.
Could one say, therefore, that the AgriRecovery program was unable to help these producers because they had to sell their livestock in the end?