Thank you very much. That's an excellent question.
Our recommendation with respect to agricultural policy came out of a huge scoping review that was commissioned about a year and a half ago, and it made this important recommendation. We are in the process of reaching out to the agricultural community.
What we do know is that often we have subsidies for corn and soybean production, which end up creating cheap supplies of fat and sugar. That fat and sugar is afterwards used in processed foods, and it makes the processed foods much cheaper than vegetables and fruits. This results in a bit of a perverse situation. What we need to do is ensure that fruit and vegetables are cheaper. We need a similar type of subsidy on fruit and vegetable production. Another example, as well, would be subsidies to farmers, to be able to transport fruit and vegetables to and from their markets.
Very generally speaking, we need the government to use a health filter or a health lens when they look at agricultural policy. We will be reaching out to Agriculture Canada and other organizations to work on this, but very generally speaking, we do need subsidies for fruit and vegetable production. That will make a difference, because, as Dr. Sharma mentioned, seniors are often on limited budgets and that will help with aging and chronic disease.