Agriculture committee  I can talk about the concentration. I'll just focus on Quebec for this part. If you take the pork sector--and I've talked to my clients, and they have children who want to take the farm, but right now I think the market is fluctuating too much. As you said, they cannot get good revenue from it.

Agriculture committee  This morning, we talked a lot about supply management. When we discussed maintaining it, the issue of income stability surfaced. For products that are not tied to supply management, if we exclude quotas, the cost of buying assets—the land, the buildings and so on—is the same. People who buy operations that are not subject to supply management must find a way to ensure a form of income stability similar to the one provided by supply management.

Agriculture committee  Yes. I think the programs right now are just for risk management, but we have nothing for when the sector is in crisis.

Agriculture committee  On your first question, I think the programs are not working because of the risk management program. I think we're now in a crisis situation. That's why when the producers try to manage in that program they don't see the money coming. That program works if you have a good year, a bad year, a good year, and a bad year.

Agriculture committee  Good morning, everyone. Mr. Miller, committee members, I thank you for the invitation. I will be able to share my views on two main points in the seven minutes. This is related to what the other witnesses have already said. The key word is “stability” when it comes to the agriculture industry.