Agriculture committee  As to the lack of understanding, we saw that with BSE when the initial programs were designed and the Canadian Cattlemen's Association was invited to sit around the table. They told the program designers the program would not work the way it was being designed and that the money was going to go straight to the packing plant.

Agriculture committee  Good evening, and welcome to Prince Edward Island. I'm Darlene Sanford. I'm a feedlot operator. On May 19, 2003, I was a beef producer, and I still am today in spite of BSE and everything else that's gone wrong that has followed suit. My comments this evening will be based on the different pillars of the current business risk management that's being proposed.