Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I welcome all the witnesses participating today in this important study. Each one of you has mentioned different improvements that should be made to the risk management programs. Feel free to submit them in writing to the clerk if you wish. We will take them into account in our report.
I have a more strategic, higher-level question. When our Prime Minister was in Davos, he said that a country that cannot feed itself or its people has few options. Right now, Canadians are talking a lot about food sovereignty. We on the committee are very pleased to hear people increasingly talking about agriculture and agri-food as strategic sectors, a bit like national defence.
If you wanted to be ambitious in your sector, what would you propose as a target? For example, one of the targets the Prime Minister talked about was doubling our non-U.S. exports and diversifying our markets. In terms of investment, the UPA and others say that all levels of government should spend 2% of their revenues, of their budgets, in the sector. There are several ambitious targets. I would like each of you to take turns sharing what your ambitions are and how to measure them. It's a big question, so if you need time to think about it, you can respond to us in writing later.
Mr. Sullivan, do you have a response?