Mr. Speaker, the Canadian adaptation and rural development fund was announced in the 1995 budget. It really is an excellent example of how the federal government and industry are working together.
The federal government is taking a new approach to the whole problem of working with industry. We are encouraging it to appoint stakeholders in a common way to decide how those rural adaptation dollars will be used in order to benefit the industry.
The Agriculture Adaptation Council, a non-profit coalition of 47 groups in Ontario, has established a fund and is working to make certain Ontario establishes positive movements for adaptation.
Quebec is doing the same thing with two very prominent agricultural groups in Quebec. They have already received funding as well.