Thank you, Mr. Lehoux.
Next time,
I will respond in French. I'm still working on my French.
The reality of the market right now is that farmers can't all switch over to other more sustainable ways of grain drying. I think would be great for the committee to study that. I would definitely be interested in hearing from some of the experts.
As Mr. MacGregor rightfully pointed out, right now farmers are in a difficult position. This provides a nice bridge to the future. Giving farmers this break of reducing the cost a little bit and helping them out a little bit has been done in other places, including in Canada.
The reality is that natural gas and propane are cleaner than diesel and gasoline. Some might say they're marginally cleaner, but they are. Why would we not include this exemption when it already exists for marginally dirtier fuels?