In the House of Commons on September 28th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Gasoline PricesOral Questions
September 28th, 2005 / 2:35 p.m.
Parry Sound—Muskoka Ontario
Liberal
Andy Mitchell LiberalMinister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)
Mr. Speaker, that is exactly why we had business risk management programs in place so we could deal with things like increased input costs. In fact, the CAIS program is there to do that. To date that program has paid out to producers over $2.2 billion.
I point out that in the first six months of this year, our governments have paid to producers some $3.3 billion.
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