Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question that was put forward. The reality is that a great many of those producers are enrolled in NISA. I myself have farmed in the neighbourhood of 20 years in the Peace River country. My brother and I were enrolled in NISA and he continues that.
When farmers do not have any crop, when they cannot harvest their crop, when their land is a quagmire and there is nothing there to harvest, they do not have any money to contribute to their accounts. That is the sad part about NISA, especially for a region like the Peace River country that has experienced natural disasters for two years back to back. There was no money to go into the accounts to build up for a rainy day.
Despite the farmers' best efforts, we have a situation where because of what foreign countries are doing in subsidizing their farmers, the price has plummeted. Farmers are looking at breaking even at the very best and probably a loss for the third year in a row. This year the loss is caused by price rather than by yield.