Thank you for that.
Before I get to the questions, I just wanted to mention a study I'd like to do. Hopefully, it has an interest to all of us, specifically my colleagues from southwest Ontario. The spotted lanternfly is an invasive species that poses a significant risk to agriculture. It's been in the United States, and now it's been spotted in southwest Ontario. It can lead to damaged crops, increased production costs and reduced yields.
I would like to put a notice of motion that, given that spotted lanternflies have been detected in Windsor, Ontario, posing a threat to agriculture, the committee invite officials to appear and brief the committee on testing, surveillance efforts and threat mitigation steps being taken to protect Canada's agriculture sector in southwest Ontario, and that one in camera meeting be set aside for the study.
In the interest of time, I won't discuss it now. I just wanted to put that down as a notice, and we can talk about it a bit later.
I will get to the questions.
Ms. Ward, can you expand on how the National Farmers Union is promoting sustainable farming practices among its members? What supports would you like to see increased as we move forward with our policies?