The starting point needs to be that this is a systemic challenge. Food prices aren't a retail issue and they're not a farmer issue; they are food chain issue. We need to look for systemic solutions. The reality is that, for better or for worse, it can be hard to have some of those more thoughtful dialogues around what the challenges are and what the different tools that we have to solve them are.
I think a task force approach—we've seen this recently—can really dive into what those different drivers are, what the different approaches we can take are and how much of an impact some of these different forces have on food price inflation.
I think there are some easy solutions and there are short-term solutions, but there are also longer-term solutions. I really like to talk a lot about R and D. We don't often appreciate the important role that a more productive food system has on driving down costs and on keeping food more affordable. The reality is that we're not investing as much in R and D in Canada as we used to. We're losing out on some of that advantage.
I think there's an opportunity to look at some of those long-term causes and not just at the short-term issues that were talked about.