Well, you know, Mr. Epp, last spring something happened to me that I never thought was possible. I went to the grocery store to buy flour, and I couldn't find any on the shelves. For the first time, a lot of Canadians like me found ourselves unable to buy things that should normally have been sold. Food security in Canada is certainly a new issue, maybe not for northern populations or for people in poverty, but for a good portion of Canadians it certainly is a new issue. We've had some significant challenges in distribution and with other issues.
Here, the impact is simple. If some producers decide to close, and if some producers decide to abandon or change their focus to other types of farming, the whole system will be affected. We are very concerned about that. If suddenly a lot of the grain operators decide that heating silos to maintain the dryness in the grain is not sustainable, and suddenly they start closing, what is our economy going to do? How are we going to produce the grains that feed our cattle, that feed other animals and that we consume ourselves? This is what we are talking about—food security.
I note that it's not just me talking about it. I quoted three different experts from the UN. Those are internationally recognized experts. We have to be careful with measures to limit GHG emissions.