Agriculture committee  Thank you, Jasmin. CFIB regularly surveys our farm members on issues that impact their agribusiness. It is clear that farmers care about the environment. In fact, almost 80% of farmers have taken action in the last several years to lessen their environmental impact, including 85

Agriculture committee  As you heard in my opening comments, we know that farmers on average paid about $14,000 in the first year it applied to them. I think you heard from testimony earlier today that going to $170 per tonne is a real game-changer, according to Professor Charlebois. As we mentioned w

Agriculture committee  Yes, when we analyzed a lot of the data that was out there, it appears that small businesses bear about half the direct burden of paying for the carbon tax, yet they will receive less than 7% of the rebates and incentives available. We believe that small businesses are being as

Agriculture committee  I'll let Jasmin address that, please.

Agriculture committee  I represent farmers, and on a daily basis we reach out to our farmers on a number of issues and through various member surveys. When we talk to our members we gather—

Agriculture committee  Our members are really concerned, as I mentioned in my statement. Our farm members are facing a significant impact, $14,000 in the first year it applied to them, and they're really concerned about—

Agriculture committee  Perhaps I could defer to Jasmin Guénette, our national affairs—

Agriculture committee  We've certainly asked our members what they've done to protect the environment. As I mentioned in our opening remarks, we regularly survey our farm members, and they provide us with hundreds of comments about their issues of concern. I think farmers recognize that they're part

Agriculture committee  ,When we surveyed our members, we asked them to estimate the total cost to their farm business. We don't break it down by grain drying or that sort of thing. As you know, a lot of the increases in the federal carbon tax have a ripple effect throughout the whole sector. We know t

Agriculture committee  I think it's important that we provide carbon tax relief. I think it's important to note that farmers don't just dry grain during wet harvest conditions in bad years. They also dry grain to meet storage and quality specs. This is something that can provide relief every year. We k

Agriculture committee  I think that just giving them more money to invest in their businesses and giving them some tax relief is an important thing to ensure that we have a successful and competitive food supply moving forward. Thank you.

Agriculture committee  That's correct. We referenced a number of surveys. We did a national energy and environment survey. There were 371 respondents. What I'm quoting you today for statistics are our farm members' views. These are farmers. We also did a survey in February of last year, and there wer

Agriculture committee  That's with regard to the survey that I've provided to you today, yes.

Agriculture committee  These are surveys that are sent out by email to our farm members directly. They have the opportunity to participate in these surveys. We go on the principle of one member, one vote, so our members fill out our surveys, provide their feedback to various survey questions, and provi

Agriculture committee  Yes, we will be surveying our members. We know that farmers are leaders in carbon sequestration, and as I've mentioned, farmers have implemented many measures to protect the environment. Certainly, in the months ahead, we'll be looking for more details on the many measures menti