Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I've been looking abroad at what other countries are doing with respect to their agriculture programs in trying to combat climate change. Two notable examples are Australia and France.
Australia has a national soil strategy. France, through its rural development plan, is really trying to invest heavily in agroforestry.
During our environment study, we heard witnesses talk about the importance of soil, but one of our witnesses, Mr. Eric Toensmeier, was talking about how agroforestry in particular is one of the most efficient ways of taking carbon out of the atmosphere and storing it below ground.
Mr. Samson, is the department looking abroad at best practices as examples of how we can tailor Canadian policy? Can you provide any examples? I wouldn't want us to ignore what's working around the world that might be successfully brought to Canada.
Can you provide any answers in that regard, please?