Agriculture committee  My last question is for the pulse industry. I happen to be a big fan of that as well, being a vegetarian and loving those products. Mr. Northey, about the shipping, you mentioned that the regulatory burdens are really not your big issue right now and that some of the other countries have looked at these containerized supply chain issues and mapped a path forward.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. I know there's not much time left, but I just wanted to follow up on one thing. First, I'd like to commend you on the work that's being done in this sector to reduce greenhouse gases and other environmental aspects of the industry. This is an industry close to my heart.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. MacGregor, for putting forward this motion. I think it's a good one. Like my colleague Mr. Turnbull, I would like to see the proposed amendments in writing. I wasn't able to pull every part of it. There are two different things you were asking for in the amendments, which I think are separate issues.

Agriculture committee  Thank you for your thoughts and the work you're doing on this. I would, of course, second what has been said about barriers to interprovincial trade and that having more “made in Canada” products being able to go across borders would be great. On that point and the good Saskatchewan protein, I'd also add, as a vegetarian, plant protein is a great product.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I want to start by thanking you, Justine and Tom, for being here today and for all the work you've done in agriculture and agri-food through this pandemic in supporting the farmers and working with the industry associations to provide the relief that has been given to our farmers and our food-processing industry.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The officials from the B.C. government were invited to this meeting and were not able to make it. What is it, specifically, that we're looking for from them, if we are going to reinvite them with short notice for another meeting? As we all know, their priority is working in British Columbia to address the very real and continuing issues that are facing the farmers and the producers there.

Agriculture committee  To follow up on that, when you're looking at the loan applications, are you doing any specific kind of risk assessment regarding environmental disasters or the potential for them? Are you looking at the effect they have on the farms, so that the producers and the farmers are considering the long-term costs of some of these extreme climate events?

Agriculture committee  Thank you. You mentioned that maybe in the future.... Are there any specific plans? I was just talking to the Intact Centre at the University of Waterloo, where they're doing a lot of assessment on the impact these different extreme climate events will have on many insurance risks and also, obviously, on loan risks.

Agriculture committee  Thank you so much.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to everyone for being here today and to the witnesses who have come to answer our questions. Like other members.... I'm not from British Columbia. I'm from Ontario, but, like all Canadians, we have very much felt the pain and suffering of the farmers and residents in the areas that have been so affected by these extreme climate events.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to say that as a new member, I would at the very least abstain because I have not read this report. I don't know anything about it, so for me to vote and have it tabled seems a little premature. In addition to the motion, I would actually like to be able to review the report if it's coming from this committee in this session now.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and congratulations on your election. I'm, as you all know, a new member, a new member of the committee and a new member of of Parliament, and I just have a couple of questions about this notice of motion. I just received the email with the words “notice of motion”.