Environment committee  That's one way to frame it. The producers and agriculturalists are trying to make a living, and they're accessing all the land they can to do that.

Environment committee  That would be second only to maple syrup production.

Environment committee  Sorry. I have an old-growth maple forest.

Environment committee  I can in general. Grasslands sequester carbon by the nature of the fact that they exist. When they're converted to other uses, that carbon is released. In our conservation programs, generally for every one acre of wetlands that we secure, we get at least three acres of grassland.

Environment committee  There are a couple of things. If you want to go community supported, engaging producers and getting everyone on board, there is not a program that runs right across the whole prairie landscape. If we wanted to protect everything that's there, that becomes a regulatory approach

Environment committee  It's challenging. There are some examples of attempts, or I think programs and policies that support it. There are managed land and conservation land tax incentive programs in many provinces. Those are provided to farmers, rural landowners. If you retain these habitats on your

Environment committee  I can't separate the taxpayers from everybody, basically, except there's some age...like we don't start paying until we start consuming, but you know, it's all there if the marketplace is there, if there's recognition.... Carbon pricing is an example, and for water licensing and

Environment committee  Right.