I know farmers are deeply suspicious of an “Ottawa knows best” approach. Luckily, we have a lot of amazing farmers out there who are pushing the envelope and demonstrating real results. Their land has been able to withstand a major extreme weather event and come back much more quickly than, say, that of neighbours who are not engaged in the same kinds of practices. There's also a strong financial incentive there, in that you're not only protecting your farmland ecologically, but you're back up on your feet much more quickly, and maybe with less government intervention.
How do you think the establishment of CFRA...? Is this going to be, in your vision, a “by farmers, for farmers” kind of agency that avoids this sort of bureaucratic trap we might fall into?