Essentially, action is needed urgently and we need the financial protection mechanisms in Bill C‑280.
Production costs have been increasing substantially for two or three years now. Transportation costs, including the price of diesel, to ship products to the United States have increased dramatically. The financial risk for the Canadian horticultural sector is greater than ever.
I might also add the fact, which you yourself mentioned earlier, Mr. Perron, that extreme weather conditions can, from one day to the next, cause considerable losses.
It's unrealistic to think, given the current economic context in our sector, that we can continue to have access to the huge U.S. market without some form of protection.