Agriculture committee  I know we have a motion to look at preserving farmland across the country because of food sustainability and food security, which are obviously of national interest. My grandfather's farm was in Owen Sound. You mentioned that. I have fond memories of going up there, so I think that's a great idea.

Agriculture committee  When it comes to finding the labour force you need, do you find that young people are more interested and more willing to work on organic farms, or do you feel it's the same across the entire farming infrastructure?

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank all the witnesses for being here today. I'm sorry that our committee time was shortened. There are so many good questions to ask of all the witnesses here. I would like to address my initial questions to Ms. Loftsgard and Ms. Flies regarding organic farming.

Agriculture committee  I will just repeat that I think this is a very important issue. I agree with you, Mr. Barlow, that witnesses should not be intimidated. We don't want to see bullying at all. I think the problem with this motion, though, is that we have in here a potential breach of privilege.

Agriculture committee  I think there's consensus that we move forward on what Mr. Barlow has put forward. I do not feel comfortable voting on this when I don't have it in front of me with the amendments and when we don't know how this material will be used. However, I think we have consensus, so I suggest that if the Conservatives would like an official vote on this, we wait until the next meeting.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, where was the motion sent? I don't have it.

Agriculture committee  Do we also have Mr. MacGregor's amendments to this motion, the amended version?

Agriculture committee  I haven't seen the amended motion either. My concern is that if this is a broader issue, I want to ensure that we look at the broader issue if that's established here. Part of the problem with this conversation is that apparently members opposite are privy to information that wasn't shared with us earlier.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think that's a good point. I agree that we need to have specific instances. I'm just thinking that the clerk and analysts may have heard similar things from witnesses in other studies. If they have, I think that should be included, and not just on the one study.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think this is a very serious issue. Obviously, we want to be sure that witnesses feel free to come and speak and testify. I think there are ways to protect witnesses already, through meeting in camera and other things, but certainly, if they have received threats....

Agriculture committee  I just think that since it's such a serious issue, perhaps we could look it under a broader basis. I think we've seen evidence of bullying in relation to other bills that we've considered as well, which we didn't study. I'm wondering if we should perhaps expand it, especially if we're going to make a recommendation to the House.

Agriculture committee  Thank you.

Agriculture committee  Thank you.

Agriculture committee  Okay. Therefore, you can't represent that the majority of your members are opposed to this bill.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all the witnesses here today. I want to start by saying this to you, Mr. Perry: I'm not going to be asking you questions, but I appreciate your input on how this bill could be improved to ensure we deal with the concerns of the airline industry.