I think it's important to note that we have some very distinct regional differences across the country. You have groups in B.C. that love the 100-mile diet, and they have farms around them that can supply that. In the west with our grains, it's just not going to work. Quebec and Ontario can definitely work with some of that, but they want to be big enough and supply internationally and export. That's occurring across the country. The Atlantic region is very unique. One of the biggest pushes in the Atlantic region right now, which is building my business and the businesses like mine in the horticulture sector, is local movement.
I think it's important to remember that there is variety across the country. A lot of regional aspects need to be considered, from funding to research, to the fact that we need to export and we need to have large farms, and we need to have medium-sized farms, to the fact that the needs of those different farmers are very unique.
I think it's important to note that my peers have a desire to export. They may have a desire to meet the needs of the 100-mile diet. Others are going to be working on smaller farms. We're all farmers, small and large, and we all support the economy. One in eight jobs in the country is related to agriculture and agrifood.
So to your point, definitely we want farms to be large enough to be profitable. We also want to support the regional opportunities that exist. In the Atlantic area, regional and local aspects are very helpful to us in our economy.