Agriculture committee  We would expect that applications are being assessed right now. As applications are assessed, letters will be sent out to those whose applications are accepted. We expect that to continue for a number of weeks at least and probably into the new year. As the minister says, the nex

Agriculture committee  We haven't figured out an exact relaunch date, but we think it will be in the next couple of months, so the second phase would be sometime in the new year.

Agriculture committee  There were over 2,500 for the first round. I don't have a breakdown by province.

Agriculture committee  As the minister said, the government is consulting on the program right now.

Agriculture committee  It is a four-year plan, I think, or a four-year period, as you mentioned at the beginning, so the first stage is to lay out a research plan between the two groups of scientists. That's been done. Now, effectively, it's the research stage, and I think that's ongoing.

Agriculture committee  That will be ongoing for the next few years.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Pierre and I appreciate the chance to be here. We wanted to update you a bit more on the Canadian agricultural partnership, which I think is the purpose of the second hour here. First of all, I would like to thank everyone for the excellent work you've do

Agriculture committee  I'll answer first, and perhaps Mr. Corriveau would like to add something. The funding is the same, namely, $3 billion over five years, for Growing Forward 2, to develop the Canadian agricultural partnership. But I don't understand what you mean when you say that we've doubled t

Agriculture committee  You're talking about the number of programs.

Agriculture committee  I'll try to answer clearly. Indeed, we have six programs under the partnership, but that doesn't mean that we've doubled what we do within each program. We have, in fact, split a program into two new programs, for instance. So there aren't any cuts. There are now two programs in

Agriculture committee  It's one way to explain why there are six. I don't have exact numbers in front of me—

Agriculture committee  Yes, in total, it's the same amount.

Agriculture committee  I tried to explain it, but perhaps I expressed myself poorly.

Agriculture committee  There will now be six programs. We could explain how each program will operate so that you have a better understanding.

Agriculture committee  My colleague Mr. Corriveau could add something.