Mr. Charlebois, I'm really happy to have you here today. I follow you on Twitter.
I think you're a breath of fresh air in the academic community, especially because you talked about food hubs. I come from the Fraser Valley, and we've started one in the Abbotsford-Mission area. Your comments on scaling up food processing are especially relevant where I live.
Earlier this year, I went to the Fraser Valley's Mainland Milk Producers Association meeting, where we had Phil Vanderpol appear. He put up on screen during his presentation what it actually costs to build the new butter factory we're building in my riding. Basically, it's not even feasible anymore to do the project he started a few years ago, mainly due to the increased input costs, the high production of labour and the lack of a competitive taxation system as it relates to investing in equipment.
Specifically, to help food producers who want to process, what can we do, from a taxation perspective, to incentivize the purchasing of that new equipment you talked about when you mentioned that we need more automation?