Thank you. The price of business is going up.
I'm going to read from “Canada's Food Price Report 2023”, and I'd like all of you to comment on this. It reads:
By 2030, a typical 5,000-acre farm could see taxes of over $150,000 which could compromise the owner’s ability to make a profit. The added cost of a carbon tax will increase production and transportation costs associated with food and may be passed on to the consumer as producers try to remain profitable.
My question is this. You've talked about the global phenomenon of food price inflation, but how much have government policies like the carbon tax and possibly the fertilizer reduction led to the increase in food prices?