Canada is at a junction, right? A few years ago, agriculture was seen as a money sink, where most of the time the government was subsidizing farmers. Then, three or four years ago, there was the Dominic Barton report, which said that agriculture and agri-food are a significant player for our economy and job creation [Technical difficulty—Editor]. If that is the case, then we need to be supporting it in the way that our competitors are supporting it. That will require sizable investments, as we've done for other sectors, such as automobile manufacturing and oil and gas. Let's look at what we can do and let's try to invest properly to make things happen in the way we want them to.
On May 4th, 2021. See this statement in context.