Good morning, everyone.
My father has said everything that I feel needs to be said here except for two things.
As a young farmer who wants to see our next generation continue farming, I have to wonder if any of you care about family farms.
This fall, we harvested our 400 acres of seed potatoes. The machinery and the buildings used to make this happen are worth more than $6 million. Also, you need to know that this does not include any of our land. How do you expect young farmers to buy into an existing or start-from-scratch farm?
My second concern is in some ways more important than my first. It is a comment made by the MP for Malpeque, my riding, who sits on this committee. He publicly stated on March 22, 2022 that nothing comes out of these meetings anyway. We came here to try to make you understand the difficult situations the federal government has put us in, and now I need to understand if you really care.
Thank you.