Agriculture committee  On the latter question of pent-up demand, we've been through this process. There was CARD I, a five-year program, CARD II, and then ACAF. We've been through it before. When it went from CARD II to ACAAF, again it was announced in January, and we received the money but didn't have

Agriculture committee  We can certainly attempt to do that.

Agriculture committee  No, no, we can do it. Going back to the grand scheme of things, the adaptation council was thought up by a group of farm leaders, so it was very basic, very commonsense, the rules were simple, and it was broad in scope. Unfortunately, over time the scope has narrowed. We're out t

Agriculture committee  We try to work with them on the program, because there's a national program alongside that's administered by the adaptation division in Ottawa, and then each of the provinces and the north have their own councils and their own pot of money. Given that we've been doing business wi

Agriculture committee  Thank you. We've got to look at this and see whether this is accountability or just a lot more red tape and bureaucracy. And we have no problem with accountability—I think our track record speaks for itself—but this may be more like micromanagement. Most people like to complain

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the invitation to speak. I'll give a brief background of what Agricultural Adaptation Council is about and what happens when bureaucracy and red tape infringe on our abilities. Gord Surgeoner, a director on the council since 2002, is also here; Angela Stiles is ou