Yes, thanks for the occasion.
You were talking previously about competitiveness with the U.S., where we've just seen quite a substantial investment in sustainable, climate-positive and nature-positive agricultural practices.
As I was starting to say previously, one of the biggest challenges we have in Canada is data harmonization between ECCC, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and StatsCan. Monitoring, reporting and verification at the farm and field level is where we need that granular data. That is the role of the central, federal government so that farmers can report that, so that the financiers can speak to the markets and so we can report competitiveness on carbon emissions. Right now, that is very difficult.
We have a number of different recommendations about how we can work through more of a multi-stakeholder lens to support farmers. We need researchers in universities working on this. We need extension services, which is the on-farm education. Previously, it was the role of the province—it still is in Quebec—but it has now shifted over to more of a corporate lens.