It does, a lot.
As the federal minister of agriculture, my responsibility is around international trade, science and innovation, as well as support to farmers. I'm getting really interested in local supply because everybody is talking about that. Because of COVID, people realize how important it is. That is why strengthening our regional food supply chain is becoming a priority for us.
I'm really consulting right now and trying to find what role the federal government can play in strengthening our food security through regional food supply chains.
I don't have the solution yet, but I'm very open to all your suggestions. If you want to work on it, I would actually encourage it. I know you have quite a list of topics to be working on shortly. I don't have a solution yet, but yes, this is something we are interested in.
When we, as a government, look at buying local, it's definitely something we care about. We always have to be careful to make sure we respect our international trade agreements, but yes, we pay attention to that.