Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for asking me my first question in the House. I will try to do my best to answer it.
Over the last eight months beef farmers have faced a crisis. We have many programs in place, such as the NISA program and the BSE program. We also had the CAISP rolling out last month in which we put $15 million. We also have the cull program that will be coming out. We are just waiting for inventories from the provinces.
I can assure the hon. member that we will be there for the farmers with more programs in the upcoming months.