I think we need to adopt a language of rewards and merit instead of taxing and penalizing certain behaviours. I think this committee understands the nature of the agri-food space. It is all about high volume and low margins. As soon as you start talking about taxation or penalties, it really turns off a lot of people. It's important to reward behaviour.
Some of the programs I've seen coming out of Ottawa in recent years are good when it comes to food waste, but with processing, I think we need to do more. The sector is suffering, just because it's hard to remain competitive.
Some of the things we can do with food, of course, is to repurpose food. Look at other sectors like energy, for example, and see whether or not we can actually process some of that waste into energy, biogas and things like that. Those are some of things we're seeing in Quebec, out east. We need to encourage those kinds of decisions, in my point of view.