Thank you very much, Lianne.
Thank you, Mr. Lawrence, for being here.
This will dovetail into my questions. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is familiar to this committee. Their president, Todd Lewis, presented to this committee on capacity growth. They did a release in January 2021 about the carbon tax, in which they said:
It’s not good news. It’s a significant hit. It’s pretty significant when you’re talking about $10 an acre on an average annual basis. What’s so important about it is that it’s not expansive, [it] just directly [affects our] bottom line.
APAS's numbers say that by 2030, because of the carbon tax, the price could be $12.50 per acre. This cost is carried entirely by farmers and affects their bottom line. In your bill this is something that's very important to producers in Saskatchewan. Could you elaborate on whether you have talked to APAS and whether the numbers he is talking about are reflective of farmers across the country?