Thank you, Mr. Lehoux, and thank you to all our witnesses for coming.
I am going to talk to the Agriculture Carbon Alliance folks a little bit here.
When the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act was adopted for whatever reason, there was a specific carve-out for diesel and gas for agriculture. I think it was a recognition of the importance that we as Canadians place on our food supply, on our food chain, on agriculture and on the important work that farmers do.
We know that for whatever reason, there was an omission, whether intentional or inadvertent. A sector of our farm community was not included, and that includes the folks growing livestock and also the people irrigating their fields and drying their grain.
I live in Manitoba. It gets to -35°C below there. I know that a broiler farmer empties out his barn every five weeks, and it sits empty. He washes it. He cleans it. He disinfects it, and he gets ready for the next batch. When those chicks come in there on day 1, do you know the temperature that the barn needs to be?