Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Beauvais, in your opening statement, you talked about tax incentives for the purchase of a first farm and the fact that sellers need money for retirement. Mr. Gourde talked about patient capital. What do you think about the idea of developing a system where farmers would agree to give up their land to new farmers, not at its speculative value, but at its agricultural value? That way, the farm could eventually be profitable.
The problem is that a person can't make money in their lifetime on farmland bought today because it's too expensive. The seller would have to agree to sell it for less and, in return, be entitled to some kind of pension that would be set up for that purpose, whether it's through the Quebec Pension Plan or the Canada Pension Plan. The pension would compensate that person for taking the land out of the vicious cycle of land speculation and allowing a new farmer to take over. Afterwards, the land would always be resold only at its agricultural value.
What do you think of that idea? I'll let you talk about that. You have about a minute and a half.