Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
If I recollect properly, the 1990 estimate from Environment Canada for agriculture was 7.3 megatonnes of carbon dioxide being emitted. By 2000, agriculture was negative on carbon dioxide emissions. When you factor in methane and nitrous oxide, we've been holding our own since 1990, so that means we have been finding more innovative ways of doing business and producing more product with less input all the time. Back to my line: we mitigate and adapt at the same time.
So I would argue that agriculture has been doing more than its fair share without recognition and without credit for early action from any government at this point. That is wrapped up in the definition of “business as usual” that comes from a bureaucracy.
The issue at hand is that we have been doing our part on climate change. We need investment in research to continue to do our part on climate change, because we will be adapting for the future tomorrow.