Mr. Dancause, I'm pleased that you talked about farm succession. Earlier this morning, we heard about farm succession from a group of young people from your region. As our time was limited, I wasn't able to ask them this question because there were other speakers.
We've introduced a motion on a number of occasions, and we're introducing it again. That motion concerns the tax measures that could assist with farm succession. Our motion refers, for example, to a kind of farm transfer savings plan that would enable producers to accumulate tax-sheltered retirement funds, of course, to which the government would contribute, as it does in the case of the Registered Education Savings Plan, provided the farm is kept in place.
Our motion also suggests softening the rules for purchasing a house in Quebec, to extend the Home Buyers' Plan, the HBP, to the acquisition of a farm business. This would be an RRSP that would make it possible to acquire a farm business. Another measure could be designed to allow the carry-over of the capital gains deduction in respect of the transfer of a farm to a family member other than a parent or child, to a nephew or a niece, for example. We could also increase the eligible amount of the capital gains deduction for farm property, which would increase from $500,000 to $1 million. That could also be a promising measure. Obviously, the money would have to be transferred to the Government of Quebec on a recurring basis to enable it to adopt those measures.
Ultimately, these are tax measures that are proposed in our motion. I wouldn't go so far as to say that they would guarantee the survival of our agriculture, but would they at least encourage farm succession? A number of young people in your region are interested by these kinds of measures.