Mr. Melvin, thank you for being here from Nova Scotia. You have the incredible benefit of having the chair of the ag committee as your member of Parliament.
We had the Minister of Agriculture here, and my colleague Mr. Steinley asked him if he knew anything about the capital gains inclusion rate change being in the budget. He said that he had no idea that it was there.
I find it troublesome that the Minister of Agriculture did not know a pillar of the budget and that its impact on agriculture wasn't included in the budget. Have you had consultations with your current member of Parliament on the impact the capital gains inclusion rate will have on Nova Scotia producers?