Is cost-sharing of premiums already available for crop insurance?
Mr.Chair, for insurance protection, our proposal to the provinces is to include the possibility of recognizing a labour shortage as an insurable risk. It is up to each of the provinces to sign on to that or not.
Without price insurance, how many ranchers have had to address cash flow by selling cattle at the bottom of the market?
Mr.Chair, we have established a number of programs in order to help our beef producers. For example, we are providing $50million through the AgriRecovery program and $77.5million for food processors.