Thank you very much to the witnesses for their presentations. I listened with great care to their issues.
I live 100 metres from the lower Rouge Park. My family and I have enjoyed the park for the last 25 years. I was delighted that I was able to participate actively in a historic event that finally will make the park a national treasure close to the largest city of Canada, which is Toronto.
I can tell you I was not impressed with the letter from Minister Duguid of the Ontario Liberal government that was addressed to Minister Aglukkaq in which he reneged on the memorandum of understanding signed before the last provincial election. This action clearly is without any reasonable justification.
On this preamble, and looking at the presentation of farming in the Rouge Park, I would like to ask Mr. Whittamore to tell me how long his family has been farming in the Rouge Valley.