Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for all the testimony we've heard today. Thank you for being here and for joining online as well.
After eight years of this Liberal-NDP government, we are seeing that our farmers are being punished quite a bit. I represent Oxford, a riding of a lot of great farmers who do amazing work feeding our families.
Professor Charlebois, you mentioned farmers playing a role in helping us bring down some of our prices and making sure that groceries are more affordable for Canadians. The carbon tax has been punishing our farmers. We have seen that farmers are paying a lot more now to heat their barns, dry their grain and run their operations. There is a bill now in the Senate, Bill C-234. We're hoping it passes, but it's being blocked by some Liberal senators there.
Do you think eliminating the carbon tax or pausing it would have a positive impact on our farmers and reduce some of their input costs?