Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question.
Yesterday, a press release from the Union des producteurs agricoles in Quebec had this to say:
Farmers in Quebec and the rest of Canada will be able to breathe a bit easier in the coming months thanks to the new enhanced spring credit advance program announced yesterday by the federal agriculture minister.
This was the reaction of Laurent Pellerin, president of the UPA, who recognizes that Quebec farmers' expectations regarding the cash advance program have largely been met.
Yesterday's reports that the federal government's change to the CAIS program and extension of the--