I'll go back to Mr. MacDonald's question.
If the government implements carbon border adjustments, it must take care to ensure that there are more carrots than sticks.
Having said that, we think readiness is the best defence against regulation. In terms of climate resilience and competitiveness, yes, we're doing well with some crops, but not with others. The reality on the ground is that producers need help. We're doing good things, but we still need support and incentives. For example, AgriInvest could offer a top-up to producers who employ good practices. That would be a good way to encourage producers to adopt good practices and keep going in that direction.
Many producers tell us they need more support or technical assistance to get to the next level. Mr. Roy mentioned that earlier. Producers in Quebec can access advisory services. There were also some very effective programs that offered more coverage for organic production or next generation producers. The federal government could set up programs like that. For example, producers who adopt a particular technique could get even more support or more access to advisory services.
Basically, more agronomists need to be trained to help producers adapt to climate change. There's a real shortage. I can share an example, if there's time. I grow vegetables, and an agronomist comes from Montreal to visit my farm. She actually goes to seven farms in two days. If we're lucky, she comes two or three times over the summer, for an hour each time. My neighbours are grain corn producers, and they get visits from an agronomist several times a week, for several hours. We don't get the same level of support. Very few agronomists know how to help producers adapt to climate change, so they need to be trained, and then they need support to get out there on the ground, to go to farms.