Thank you for your presentation. It is interesting to see that $8 million invested generates $400 million in economic benefits. Therefore, cuts to agriculture will have an impact on an entire ecosystem and on knowledge. In my region, we experienced this when a research centre in Kapuskasing closed. The impact is still being felt decades later. It has to be made up elsewhere. We'll come back to this in the second hour.
Minister Sigurdson, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. As Alberta's Minister of Agriculture, do you feel that the federal government can pass the bill on to you rather than paying it? Obviously, this data in agriculture is fundamental. Your argument has demonstrated that in a particularly effective way. Is this a way for the federal government to shirk its responsibilities and pass its deficit on to the provinces?