Mr. David Cooper (Vice-President, Agriculture Services and Economic Development, Water Security Agency) at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

I think you covered it well.

I would maybe add just a couple of things.

In recent years we've had challenges with food security, and I think what we're seeing now is the ability to grow more table-ready foods locally, which is a big benefit. I think expanding irrigation creates more of those opportunities, so that's another benefit.