Thank you.
All eight questions seemed important to me. Since we are doing a kind of brainstorming on the way to approach the issue, I would add one point.
When it comes to Quebec’s grain farmers, we see that the challenge is linked to the fact that we often work in silos. We are currently talking about a very specific measure: border carbon adjustments. We are even talking about it on the margins of the whole carbon tax and carbon policy issue.
What I find regrettable is that we are not addressing the whole issue of how Canadian agricultural policy is supported. We often focus on carbon, but we don’t understand that it impacts other aspects of agronomy, for example, and the economy. We often work in silos when it comes to agronomy, but also policy, when we talk about these subjects. I think Europe may be performing a little better on that side, in terms of planning for the needs of a sector like agriculture. They look at their common agricultural policy, adjust it and integrate it a bit more into other files, like the one we are discussing now.
I think we have to take it into account because we can’t separate the two. They are closely linked, because what we can grant on one side could be compensated for on the other. However, we are currently looking at them separately. So, I’ll raise this point for now: We have to study the issue more globally. That means looking at all the challenges affecting the sector, the policies and the agronomic approach to carbon.