The budget should help Canadian agriculture to contribute to future success of the Paris agreement on climate change. Your budget should provide funding and support to farmers for adapting to climate change, and to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases through climate-friendly technology and practices.
The budget should reinstate federal funding for community pastures, and for the prairie farm rehabilitation administration. It should restore funding to the Prairie Shelterbelt Program tree nursery, and re-establish the prison farms. It is very important that we help the farmers weather the financial risks that come with unpredictable weather due to climate change.
I thank you very much.