Thank you.
Again, I want to thank the NDP, the Bloc, the Greens and the Liberals for supporting this.
It was funny, Alistair. When I was first elected to the House of Commons, the Honourable Rob Nicholson pulled me aside. He said, “Scot, I came to your riding once, and you had that really black soil. They were growing carrots in your riding.” I said, “That's right.” He said, “Do you know what I have in my riding? It's peaches.” He went on to say, “I'm going to give you a tip. People always ask me why I talk about peaches.” He said to me, “Scot, it's because, if I don't look after peaches, no one else is going to, so you look after carrots in your riding, Scot.”
My riding, of course, is home to.... I call it the “soup and salad bowl of Canada”. I'm very proud of the Holland Marsh. It provides 80% of the fresh produce Ontario consumes. That was my inspiration—I live on a farm myself—to do something for farmers and agriculture.
I think this is an important bill that's going to help our fresh produce farmers right across Canada.