Mr. Speaker, we are absolutely not doing that. On the contrary, I explained to the House a minute ago that it is $1.1 billion that the federal government put on the table this year, plus the contribution of 40% of that amount from the provincial governments.
It is an agreement that we have developed with the provinces to try to cope with this type of problem. Now the farmers are making their applications. They are being processed. Those who qualify will receive the money as quickly as possible.
We are very preoccupied but the reality is that we have to know all the facts. Some of the requests were based on figures from July that had changed—