Our committee is in receipt of publicly available data that shows that during the same time that you saw a 110% increase in your diesel costs, oil and gas companies saw their profits increase by over 1,000%. It's obvious that this kind of corporate greed is filtering through and really hurting our farmers.
In talking about inputs, I think this committee is hearing you quite clearly on the struggles that farmers are going through with the cost of inputs. We can talk about diesel and we can talk also about fertilizer.
In a previous study we had Keith Currie, the president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture appear here. He's a very familiar face at this committee and a great all round advocate for the industry. He made mention of the fact that it was very necessary for the federal government to step up to the plate and start talking about a critical input strategy.
We don't have any specifics on that, but do you have any opening thoughts on what you think such a strategy could include? Do you think that's a recommendation you'd like to see this committee pursue as part of its report?