Mr. Chair, I talk to a lot of my constituents. There are a lot of people who are right next door to the current Rouge Park. I know that some of my constituents are farmers who don't get to farm near their home and have to drive two hours away to get to their farm because that's the closest land they were able to get to be able to farm. Also, there's a lot of local interest in local food production and sustainable farming. In talking with the farmers who came and even the the farmers' agricultural representative—I forget what the organization is called—they did mention that they are engaging in the environmental farm plan and many progressive methods to ensure that their farms and their farming practices are using sustainable methods.
This would ensure that we're enshrining in the legislation what they're already doing and what people who are immediately affected...I know in the municipality of Toronto, and I'm sure in York region as well...it would support what a lot of the people locally are looking for and enshrine it in the legislation.