Yes. I would certainly agree.
In my riding, as I mentioned earlier, I have a large agricultural area. A lot of it is cattle country, but also foraging grains and other stuff. I also represent what I would call the suburbs of the city of Calgary. It's amazing that even in Calgary, even in some of the communities I represent, that are so close to cattle country and farming country, if you talk to the average person on the street and ask them where their food comes from, they say it's the grocery store. They don't get the connection to the farms that just next door to them.
So you're right that we need to educate our consumers about the fact that the people who are growing the food they are able to buy so cheaply in the stores are making nothing. That's so important.
Also, I notice that the orchard growers here are no different from those in the beef industry. The exports are an important part of the market, so some of the things we're doing there are helpful.
But you are here because you're young farmers. To me, it's such an important thing that we're looking at here, the future of farming. We're looking at our long term and how we can help this industry survive in the long term. The way we do that is by making it attractive for farmers such as you to be in the industry or continue in the industry in the short term.
So I'd like to ask all of you a basic background question here, probably one that will be thought-provoking. What is most different about your industry now from when your parents were getting started in it, if your parents were in fact in the industry? What is the biggest difference between then and now, and what's the biggest challenge you have faced as a young farmer trying to get started in the industry? And if the government can do something about that, what might your suggestion be?