Agriculture committee  This is just a thought. When you're next in Ottawa, go to a very big laboratory called Iogen. Iogen in Ottawa is working on ethanol from waste products. It's in production.

Agriculture committee  I would suggest to you that for young people in this country, the essence of the argument is the language of farming. Yes, farmers are custodians of the land—that's true—but farmers are business people. The land is an asset. The market is huge. When I deal with farmers in Austral

Agriculture committee  I would suggest that you read the Conference Board's report. It talks about the regulatory environment faced by agriculture in Canada, about the silos, about the complexity of it all. The reason we the public hire politicians, of course, is to resolve these issues for us. They

Agriculture committee  The key is this: where is this industry going and how is it going to get there? If you start with the desirable outcome that we will be—and are, in many cases—the agriculture powerhouse in the world, and go back through the policies, figure out which ones in this country are at

Agriculture committee  The issue of interprovincial trade barriers is enormous in this country. Whether the answer is 12 government departments—I'm not sure that is the answer. You'll know better than I the estimate of what it costs every Canadian family in their standard of living to maintain all thes

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity. Eighty percent of Canada's agricultural products are exported. We have to continue our drive to open markets and make whatever changes are necessary in the way we handle the entire spectrum of agricultural issues with that focus in mind.

Agriculture committee  Yes, but before that, the industry operated in both provinces.

Agriculture committee  As far as I'm concerned, it's a question of common courtesy.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I only have 10 minutes, I'll have to speak in English. I will not be able to make a presentation in ten minutes in French; I'm very sorry. I wish to thank you for the invitation to appear here today on behalf of a remarkable organization, the Farm Pu