Agriculture committee  I don't know if your question addresses.... I'll do it in French. It's going to be easier for me. I imagine your question is mostly about Quebec. As you know, in Quebec we have a particular situation. We have a credit system and we are not covered by the federal tax, so this exemption, in the short term, affects us less.

Agriculture committee  This cost, as I expressed earlier, is enormous. For a farm the size of the ones we have in Quebec that specializes in corn and soybean production, propane pricing represents a cost of $4,000 to $5,000.

Agriculture committee  We represent around 9,500 growers.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the committee for the invitation to appear today. My name is Benoit Legault and I am the general manager of the Producteurs de grains du Québec. Our organization represents 9,500 grain producers from all regions of Quebec. These producers cultivate more than 1 million hectares of land, generate a turnover of $1.5 billion and create nearly 20,000 jobs.