Thank you, Chair.
I would just state that anybody who is in this place, who is serious about the price of food and the fact that food has become unaffordable for Canadians and for families to put on the table.... It's actually very naive and ignorant to not take into account the taxes that have been put on farmers by this Liberal government.
Our farmers sequester carbon in astronomical amounts in Saskatchewan. We know that. We know they are getting taxed at every end, basically from before seed planting all the way to production. That cost is then relayed to the consumer.
To state that this is about climate change.... It is absolutely foolish that these Liberals and the NDP are not recognizing what our farmers are already doing to sequester the carbon in the ground. It is absolutely foolish to not recognize that the carbon tax is costing Canadians in being able to put food on the table. I just think that is very foolish.