Agriculture committee  Not at this time, no. We have a request that the chairs of the AGgrowth Coalition meet with the ministers. They apparently have weekly calls, but I'm not sure if it's just the deputy ministers who are on these calls or if it's the actual FPT ministers for each province and territ

Agriculture committee  Unless they extend the deadline, with it currently at the 70% coverage with less than 30% participation, we're not going to see anybody else sign up. Why bother? It costs money. It's not a program that's friendly for a person to do themselves. You get your accountant to do it, an

Agriculture committee  If I had the answer to that, it would be good, but I can't help you there. It's a big concern when you offer more avenues for increased debt and you're not solving the problems that we're experiencing on the export market, as Mr. Carey, Erin and others have commented. We need g

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. MacGregor. It's a challenge. I think farmers are trying to use the programs that are available to them to their best advantage. Erin made the comment that crop insurance is one of the programs that farmers participate in and really appreciate. AgriInvest could h

Agriculture committee  We've been trying to get data from the federal government on the accounts of AgriInvest. We understand that somewhere in excess of $2 billion is in accounts being held right now. The thing is, a lot of people use this money. It's a matching program of up to $10,000. I and all the

Agriculture committee  That is my understanding, yes. Currently, the Bank of Montreal has been trying to keep.... My personal account manager, my commercial manager at my branch, sent me a note this morning on that, stating that the proper information isn't available to the Bank of Montreal yet to open

Agriculture committee  To be honest with you, no.

Agriculture committee  As Mr. Carey indicated, different crops have different effects. It's more noticeable right now with the soybean and the corn sectors. On the other commodities, in terms of canola, we've seen the hit for over a year: lack of market access to one of our key exporting countries. We'

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Erin Gowriluk and I will split our time, and I'll quickly make my opening remarks. Once again, thank you for this opportunity to speak in front of your committee today. I am Jeff Nielsen, and I farm in central Alberta near Olds. I am chair of the Grain Grow