Mr. Chair, the fact is that the government has been doing something. As I indicated at the announcement on September 10, we want to ensure that the program will work and will do its job in the best interests of the industry. The minister has had fairly major consultations with the Canadian Cattlemen's Association and others across the country in the design of that program.
I would agree with the member opposite on one point. All effort has to be made with haste to get that program up and running. When we do get it up and running, we have to make sure it is up and running correctly and that we are not jeopardizing taxpayers' money or jeopardizing an entrepreneur or a cooperative or the investment by a group of individuals in the industry. We want to make sure the design is right so that we target results at the end of the day and have a secure business that can return some profitability to those individuals and can work in the interests of the livestock industry as well.