I'll be brief, because I had an opportunity to read my motion at the last committee meeting. As I explained then, this is a motion that might serve as a committee report following the meeting we had with potato producers in Saint-Amable, who explained to us that the renewal plan they had been offered, involving $5 million over three years, was clearly insufficient. They have commissioned an independent study showing that they would need 10 years to revitalize their operations. We have to understand that the farmland on which the golden nematode was found is no longer available for potato growing. Moreover, shifting their operations to other crops is complicated. It cannot be done overnight.
So my motion was worded with the intention that the committee report to the government, and recommend the measure set forth in the motion, which I read at the last committee meeting.
Thus, Mr. Chairman, I am now tabling the motion.