Mr. Chair, I was interested in my colleague's comments about the CAISP program because I have heard a lot of complaints from the beef producers, ranchers and farmers in my riding of Prince George--Peace River about this program and how it is impossible to access. It does not work. As a past farmer myself, I saw time and time again that programs were designed by bureaucrats for bureaucrats. They work great in Ottawa but they do not work at the farm gate.
I wonder if my colleague would like to elaborate a bit further in the time remaining about the need for a workable program that actually delivers some assistance to these struggling farm families that are losing their farms.