Thank you very much.
I appreciate every one of you coming out today on this topic. I'm not on this committee now, but just before we broke for the summer, this issue was dropped on our plate. On top of that came the Canada food guide recommendations, which have a significant directive effect on our national food policy.
Then, of course, on top of that came the hit to what was called in the minister's letter, “strengthening our middle class”, which is our farmers, and a direct hit against our business people. Not only is it being made really difficult to pass on farms within a family, but there is also another tax being added.
I'm wondering if all of you can answer this. Do you know what the consultation timeline for this is?
No? I don't either, so maybe my Liberal friends can help us, because when it came to the tax, they gave us 75 days of consultation for a major overhaul of a tax system that affects every small business across this country. Now we're dealing with a national food policy. I don't know who to ask here, but have the provinces and the municipalities all been a part of this? Have you heard anything through your associations, through any of those contacts?
Ron.