Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for your presentations.
I will start with you, Mr. Marcoux. During this tour many young farmers from western Canada have come to tell us about the serious problems they are going through. They have taken over farms and they are wondering how much longer they will be able to continue farming. Obviously we are not talking about farmers working under supply management; we are talking about pork producers, beef producers and grain producers since we were in the west.
I would like you to describe the situation, to talk about the morale of young farmers. You are the chairman of the Fédération de la relève agricole du Québec and I imagine you have a lot of contact with young farmers.
What are they talking about the most these days? Do they truly see a future in farming? I know you cannot generalize, but perhaps you could provide a few examples.