Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to both of our witnesses. It's really encouraging to hear the work that's being done in academia on these very important issues.
Dr. Bedard-Haughn, I think you're amazing an academician. I love the fact that you're a farm kid from Saskatchewan. It really roots you in the practicalities of a lot of this as well. I realized you did research on soil, but I must admit that until today I didn't really know that pedology was all about soil. Thank you for that.
I have a question for you. Right now, Saskatchewan is the second largest emitter. I also realize it's one of the largest agriculture producers, so it makes sense. There's a lot of potential to decrease emissions in Saskatchewan.
We know that soils play a role as a carbon sink. We've heard from previous witnesses, from you and from Dr. Caron that measuring and trying to track the carbon content is a real challenge. You've added to that today by talking about the spatial and temporal variability, which concerns me even more.
Do you have any specific ideas on how we can address this? We did hear from prior witnesses who said our measurement systems are outdated and outmoded and that we don't have good data. Of course we know how important data is in solving a problem.
Do you have specifics? How might the federal government be able to help with this very challenging issue?