Thanks for the question, Alistair.
We are all sent here as members of Parliament to represent our constituents. I know that is true of everyone sitting around this table. I think it's frustrating. The current Liberal government had this in its policy platform in 2015. Here we are in 2023. Previously to this becoming a PMB, I tried to get this into the budget implementation act. I basically pleaded with the Deputy Prime Minister to have this included. It would have been a great thing if she could have included that in a budget. There were a couple of times that opportunity was missed.
Here we are now. I don't think I'm putting words in the mouth of the Minister of Agriculture. The last time she was in front of this committee, she said, I think to you, that she was happy to see this PMB. It was a mechanism through which we could get this done. That makes me positive. We can always talk about the past. I'm here on team Canada, team carrot and team agriculture today to get this done.
I want to move forward for the sector, as we all do, and get this bill done.