Mr. Speaker, I do not know if the member has ever been to the Nicola Valley in British Columbia, the beautiful region that surrounds Merritt. B.C. but it has fabulous ranchland. As a matter of fact, one of the biggest ranches in all of North America exists in that region. I think it could be said, like the words of the song, seldom is heard a discouraging word, in the past, as far as the cattle industry, tough Brazilian producers.
Now the CAIS program is obviously flawed and there should be no problem in admitting that a program is flawed. It is flawed in design, overweighted by bureaucracy and it is misdirected.
In the member's deliberations, has he found that the minister has been open to design changes to the program so that it can deliver in the time of crisis? The great irony is that in a time of crisis these producers are being left without help. Has he found that the minister and the ministry has been open to suggestions on changing and adapting the plan so that producers who are suddenly in the time of crisis can indeed be helped?