Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  It's not necessarily the case that they would use it in the potato industry. What we're saying is that if the national program is leaving a gap in a province, then they should be able to address that in a provincial-specific way. It could be that P.E.I would use it maybe even in

Agriculture committee  Sorry, I haven't read that report, so I'm not exactly sure what that refers to. We don't support the concept of AgriFlex only because Ontario supports it. I should say one thing. We don't support the federal government's flowing money into a province and letting them do, willy-

Agriculture committee  I can't comment on.... Let me put it this way. This thing we see—

Agriculture committee  Are they malfunctioning? I certainly couldn't say they're malfunctioning, no. With the things that we see through OFA, we believe they've done some very constructive things.

Agriculture committee  We believe there should be accountability if money is flowed to provinces, much like there was before we had the first APF, when there was federal money for companion programs. We simply think there should be accountability. That hasn't always been the case. Through this whole p

Agriculture committee  Again, because agriculture is so different, if you picture Alberta beside Saskatchewan, and Alberta is spending money, say, on a floor price in the grains and oilseeds sector, then obviously Saskatchewan is behind the eight-ball on that. What we're saying is we think that some fe

Agriculture committee  We think there should be a funding envelope that would provide some money for regional or provincial-specific components to add to the national approach in business risk management. I know in the government response to that recommendation in your report there's talk about not d

Agriculture committee  Thank you. I was with the Canadian Pork Council last night when they presented to a Senate committee, and they're not complaining about the price of grain, that's for sure. They realize that grain producers are finally getting what they deserve. For example, across Canada this y

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you for the invitation. First of all, I would like to applaud this committee for responding very quickly to the livestock situation. I think you had the cattle industry and the hog industry here the other day. All of the other CFA member

Environment committee  That certainly could be part of it. In the ecological goods and services strategy we've developed, we talk about things like more buffer zones, management, and best management practices.

Environment committee  Incentive-based programs help farmers do what they could otherwise not afford to do, and provide a service to the greater good.

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. It's a pleasure to be here. To tell you a little bit about the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, CFA is a federation of farm organizations. It counts as its members a general farm organization out of every province as well as numerous national c

Agriculture committee  I don't think we came out very strongly against it; our focus was to make sure it would work, and that if there was money left over it would be directed back at agricultural programs. We did have some members who came out against it fairly strongly.

Agriculture committee  No, not mandatory.