Agriculture committee  I think those two things together show the international community how important supply management is from an agricultural standpoint in Canada. Basically, farmers can have a decent living from it. I think it shows the international community that Canada is defending its sensitive interests.

Agriculture committee  I am saying the same thing. We hear that supply management is going to be treated a little differently in some sections. We want to clarify what would happen in a disaster.

Agriculture committee  In a disaster, a supply management producer would be compensated at 85%, whereas a producer of other commodities would be compensated at 100%. He would have 15% more. We are keeping our ears open, because we keep hearing about all kinds of ways this could work. We want clarification.

Agriculture committee  A producer...

Agriculture committee  I'm not sure I understand the question. What we're requesting in here, from a dairy and SM5 perspective, is basically to have strong pillars of supply management in order to keep doing what we're doing. We're not requesting dollars or anything. When we look at the business risk management, if there's a disaster inside the boundaries in which we operate as SM5, they should be recognized like those in any other commodities.

Agriculture committee  Is that involving cooperatives?

Agriculture committee  Right now, we're at about 14,500 or 14,600 farms. Don't quote me precisely, but I would say we were probably around 18,000 or 19,000 ten years ago.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'll make part of the presentation in French and Harold will conclude with the second part. On behalf of dairy, poultry and egg farmers, I thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee on Growing Forward. There has been considerable progress on the development of agricultural policy since we met with this committee during your study on the agricultural policy framework last spring.