Agriculture committee  I think that would help. We know that during COVID temporary farm workers had issues in being able to be let in. The federal government did make some changes, but these people I'm referring to would have permanent residency in Canada. I think all those changes are worth looking a

Agriculture committee  Yes, and thank you for the question, Mr. Perron. We have been working with Mr. Harrison, our immigration minister here in Saskatchewan. We know that there have been some issues with bringing in farm workers and with bringing in Ukrainian immigrants, who are the ones who may have

Agriculture committee  Absolutely. The costs for our producers have gone up dramatically as well. Of course, the grain prices have, and if farmers are able to capitalize on that, if farmers do have good crops, it takes away the sting, perhaps, of the increase in prices. Being able to get a crop seem

Agriculture committee  I think since 2013, except for what happened last year in British Columbia, our grain shipments have been moving in a more effective manner, but of course the flooding last year in B.C. stopped a lot of the grain from going on a timely basis. The federal government does pay att

Agriculture committee  I think the 4R principle is better known now than it was previously. Our provincial government has endorsed it, so our Minister of Agriculture here in Saskatchewan talks to many producers about that. Many producers are already doing that—

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll try again, hoping that you can understand me. On the question about 4R, I think it's something that's better understood in our province. Many of our farmers are already doing just that, because of the high cost of fertilizer. Many were not able to buy

Agriculture committee  In Saskatchewan, we don't have policies in place that actually protect [Technical difficulty—Editor]. We know that our Alberta neighbours do. They have a program that, I think, has more concerns about some of the larger cities especially, but we don't. I'm sorry that I can't help

Agriculture committee  Yes, absolutely, it was to ask the federal government not only to reconsider the tariff itself, but also to help with supply chain issues. A lot of our fertilizer—especially nitrogen—is manufactured in this country, but a lot of it does come in from offshore, so we need perhaps m

Agriculture committee  Yes, thanks, Mr. Patzer. I would also like to add that last week SARM was in Ottawa, and we met with the Minister of Transport, Mr. Alghabra, and relayed our concerns. We met very recently with both CP and CN rail and they showed us their plans for winter movement and for the re

Agriculture committee  Thank you. My name is Ray Orb and I'm president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, known as SARM. I was born, raised and live in the small community of Cupar, northeast of Regina, Saskatchewan. I'd like to thank the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Ag

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for the question. I have to apologize that my translation system wasn't working earlier on. For our farmers in Saskatchewan, the grain-drying aspect is much more important than heating livestock buildings. We do have some people who have buildings that hous

Agriculture committee  Yes, I think we've seen more options going on right now, like geothermal and things like that. We have buildings heated by solar and some are using wind-power electricity as well to serve those buildings. For the grain drying, our producers—our farmers—put a lot of grain throug

Agriculture committee  Well, what I'm hearing in Saskatchewan from producers is that it's much less than 15%. I think it's in the neighbourhood of 3% to 4%. That's keeping in mind that the carbon tax has gone up to $50 a tonne. As it continues to go up, if the rebates don't keep pace with that, farmers

Agriculture committee  Yes, the carbon tax is definitely a factor, but the GST on that is something we see as being really unfair. We're not sure why the federal government is charging a GST tax on top of the carbon tax. That's a bit hard to take. I wish that was something the federal government would

Agriculture committee  Yes, I do. I could actually hear the gentleman. I had problems at the beginning, but I got them straightened out.