Finance committee  Now you've got me. I guess there are a number of areas that can be looked at. As I mentioned earlier in my presentation, there are ecological goods and services that can be used in the grasslands area, in planting trees, in storage of water. That's simply off the top of my head.

Finance committee  I know we have that information. I don't have it here, but I will get it to you.

Finance committee  I must admit that I don't have the exact numbers. It's more that small business in Canada stays small and family owned, instead of going to the world of Mad Max where one company owns everything. We're seeing that in so many parts of our economy in the mergers of mega-giants.

Finance committee  Thank you, Ziad. As we've said, in the direct heating sequesters, we've had an extra 8.5 million tonnes of carbon per year. The last thing we heard from any federal officials on this carbon tax, and this was months ago, was that this was going to be considered business as usual and that we would not be credited for any of the carbon we have sequestered over the last 20 years, or anything into the future.

Finance committee  I want to focus on electronic infrastructure. I mentioned broadband, but it's also cell coverage. As you may or may not know, rural Saskatchewan is getting more and more rural as there are fewer and fewer people outside of the towns and we're working further and further from the population.

Finance committee  Thanks, Wayne. Agriculture is a strategic sector in the Canadian economy. Nationally, agriculture and agri-food products generate $55.4 billion in export sales for Canada and also one in eight jobs in Canada. With over 40% of Canada's cultivated land in Saskatchewan, our agricultural exports generated $15 billion in export sales for Canada.