Page 11 of 62 2012-01-27 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Evaluation of the Agricultural Disaster Relief Program While evidence confirms the direct economic impacts of disasters and the current gap in other BRM and private sector mechanisms in addressing disaster in the agricultural sector, the literature review and key informant interviews identified concern that the ongoing availability of disas [...] Page 13 of 62 2012-01-27 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Evaluation of the Agricultural Disaster Relief Program The review found that in the 2006 Speech from the Throne, the Government made a commitment to “create separate and more effective farm income stabilization and disaster relief programs and to work with producers and partners to achieve long-term competitiveness and sustainability [of th [...] In each Province the Legislature may make Laws in relation to Agriculture in the Province, and to Immigration into the Province; and it is hereby declared that the Parliament of Canada may from Time to Time make Laws in relation to Agriculture in all or any of the Provinces, and to Immigration into all or any of the Provinces; and any Law of the Legislature of a Province relative to Agriculture or [...] In conclusion, based on the document and case file review and key informant interviews with PT representatives, the evaluation found that the AgriRecovery Framework and the ADRP approach to funding disaster initiatives have clarified FPT roles and responsibilities in the assessment and development of disaster relief programs. [...] According to the program documents and the FPT agreements, AgriRecovery and ADRP are designed to contribute to achievement of this end outcome by helping producers recover from disasters where the required assistance is beyond the capacity or mandates of the other BRM programs.19 To this end, the AgriRecovery Framework directs FPT Task Teams to consider disaster relief only where the assistance pr
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