Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  I doubt it. As the example I gave you shows, a farm has to be technically bankrupt to receive anything significant through AgriStability. It's as simple as that. I gave you the example of a farm with a $150,000 reference margin that lost $80,000. Even in that extreme case, the pr

Agriculture committee  The main reason Canada's agricultural sector is able to compete right now is that the exchange rate works in our favour. If the loonie were at par with the U.S. dollar, or even rose to 90 cents, it would devastate the sector. Can that be the foundation for an industry like agricu

Agriculture committee  The problem is that general partnerships aren't eligible for the $40,000 small business loan, because withdrawals made by owners aren't considered payroll. To qualify, businesses have to have paid $20,000 in payroll last year. That rules out a large number of Quebec's small busin

Agriculture committee  Those businesses aren't eligible for the support measures that have been announced, so-called important measures for the sector.

Agriculture committee  In our province, we are required to enrol in AgriStability because there is a group insurance program for several sectors. In Quebec, the enrolment rate for AgriStability is over 70%. That is what brings the national average up to 31%. Were it not for Quebec, the national average

Agriculture committee  It isn't, of course. The program used to work well, but it was cut back for budgetary reasons in 2013. The cutbacks reduced Canadian agricultural producers' ability to compete more effectively with the American sector. According to a current analysis by the Organization for Econ

Agriculture committee  Good evening. I will be fairly brief, because I want to take a few minutes at the end of my presentation to explain to the members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food how the AgriStability program works. A lot was said about the program during the minister's p

Agriculture committee  The funding is lower than it was in 2008.

Agriculture committee  As I said, the less risk management programs intervene, the more difficult it is for small producers. We have two strong programs in Canada: AgriStability and AgriInvest. AgriStability has ultimately become a disaster management program. It no longer intervenes enough to protect

Agriculture committee  Schools are full of students who want to work in agriculture, but young farmers currently don't have sufficient means to purchase land or access farmland and start a business. The protection of farmland is one of the important elements of a future agricultural policy because of

Agriculture committee  I would say that you shouldn't not listen to our recommendations.

Agriculture committee  When it comes to agriculture, the federal government's tool of choice is the agricultural policy framework. The federal government can use program funding to influence decisions provinces will make. That is one of the elements. For example, if you want to make better investments

Agriculture committee  It was in July 2017.

Agriculture committee  These are federal-provincial shared-cost programs. The federal level contributes 60% and the provinces provide 40% with regard to federally funded programs. However, provinces remain free to institute their own programs. In July, we worked out the framework for the next agreemen