Thank you.
Just on the energy issue, farmers have always been and will always be the best stewards of the land. There's no doubt about that. When we get to Ontario, though--this is just to Mr. Brison--quite honestly, it sounds good, but agriculture is being disadvantaged in terms of green energy, in terms of off-farm, other than you can rent the land and they'll put a tower up.
In terms of having a farm produce green energy to biogas digesters, agriculture has been very disadvantaged, and that's something we need to work on so that we can get the same rate per kilowatt hour as they do for solar and for wind.
I'm going to get to the basics. What are the main three components federally that we need to do to make it profitable? I just want to touch on the research, because I'm a great believer in research and science as long as the development part comes with it. I think the change that has happened... I know the AG's report took us up to 2008. I'm on the public accounts committee, and one of the things it didn't talk about was what has happened since.
We've tried to decentralize. About $26 million has gone out to the area to help get some of those regional research stations going again. I agree. For those who have had the opportunity to travel from west to east, you have to understand the complexities of the country, the complexities of agriculture, all the things that come with it.
I'm hoping that in fact there is a move to do it. It's a difficult one to start to decentralize again, but we do have to bring in the partners. We were at Guelph University. They talk very much about the partnerships that they have now in terms of developing some of the research.
I'm hoping that there is hope in terms of getting more of the research for development. Mark, you made some incredible...all of you did. We have a great country where these niche markets are important, but we're also recognizing that likely 85% of the products are produced by 15% of the producers.
We have a diversity. What are the three main things that the federal government can do to help bring profitability? That's the main thing. What do we need to do? Just start, because this is where we're actually going to start to come up with some recommendations.