Dave Epp at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for their good work.

I'm fortunate enough to live in the 42nd parallel, with a lot of greenhouses. I have access to fresh fruits and vegetables virtually year-round, summer root crops, etc.

I'm going to start with Mr. Louis.

Members in our community have partnered with a first nation—the Prince Albert Grand Council—and have experimented with and shipped fresh fruits and vegetables, to the gratitude of that band.

Can you speak to the access, in general, that first nations communities have? The fresh fruits and vegetables tend not to be as dense a product, when you're talking about six-dollar freight. Can you talk about the impact of nutritious food and first nations?