Thank you, Chair.
Thank you all for appearing.
Mr. Bonnett, I was thinking for a while that all of these city folk weren't going to ask you any questions, but man, you've just been inundated.
You were absolutely right when you talked about production. I remember that when I was a boy, 80 bushels an acre was good in southwestern Ontario. Now we live in corn country, probably the best corn country in the country, and are looking at 240 bushels an acre—and 300 is the next step.
I came back from Africa. We forget that there are areas of the world that have the potential to do the same thing, and they're only just beginning to see maybe 30 or 40 bushels. I think there are great things ahead.
Anyway, I wanted to touch really briefly on your second recommendation on taxation. I spoke to the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, I think it was. I said to them, “I'm not going to talk, because we've really had a good year”—and there I was talking about grains and seeds in my neck of the woods.
But I want to lay the challenge out for succession. And I think you're right about succession, but I've got to ask you this. Why are farmers any different from my three sons, who would like to take over my dealership some day? That's the problem we face. Why would we want to play on the one? And don't tell me about the average farmer being 59 years old. I know that. But why should there be any difference?
Be brief, because I have a few more.