Mr. Chair, I don't want to interrupt the witnesses' presentations. I have a motion that we had talked about a couple of meetings or so ago. It has to do with the initiative that the government has brought forward in terms of a carbon tax, which will be far-reaching across the country, and the impact of what that may mean to different industries and to individuals.
I have tabled a motion and I'd like to read it back into the record:
That pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food conduct a pre-budget study on the effects that the recently-announced, Liberal Government carbon tax would have on the agriculture sector and producers; that this study be comprised of no less than four meetings to be held at the Committee’s earliest convenience; that departmental officials from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada be in attendance for at least one meeting; that the Committee report its findings and recommendations to the Minister of Agriculture no later than February 15, 2017.
It just allows this committee to hear about the impact, whatever that may be, on our industry and from the producers themselves across the country. When we're talking, if this committee should travel, we know this is going to be on the plate. Of course, obviously they don't all have to come in. We have video technology now that allows individuals and producers to go to a station to present.
With that, Mr. Chair, I present the motion and I'd ask that we have a vote on it.