Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My first question or comment would be for Mr. Schmeiser.
I appreciate your pointing out the issue where we're trying to get all sectors to reduce greenhouse gases. Of course, you're looking to the farm sector, both in energy use but also in your equipment.
Two things occur to me here. I'm not sure how much of this equipment is actually manufactured in Canada, but given that there's going to be a North American market, it may be advantageous if we stepped up to the plate and helped the manufacturing industry get in early and devise these energy efficient mechanisms.
But it also occurs to me that we need to start being far more innovative in the greenhouse gas offsets. Why couldn't there be an offset where somebody simply buys the extra cost to upgrade the tractors?
I would encourage you to look into that. We need to be go outside the box and look at different ways of doing this, because agriculture is an important part of our economy. It's already stretched because of the drought and its impact.
I'm just wondering if you have pursued those kinds of ideas.