Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to each of our witnesses for being with us today.
Ms. Ward, maybe I'll start with you. When you were making your opening comments.... You and I, of course, have discussed the development of a Canadian farm resilience agency before, but it was interesting that on the NFU website, you put that in the context of what we did in the 1930s in response to extensive drought conditions, which drove thousands of people off the Prairies. The Prairie farm rehabilitation administration was basically set up to help farmers conserve soil, prevent erosion, develop water resources and manage pasture land in response to the conditions they were facing. The NFU argues that with what we're going through today, the CFRA is going to be a similar response to a similar crisis.
Can you elaborate on that and put on the record some of the things you're hoping this agency will do to help farmers build that resilience to what we're facing right now?