Agriculture committee  That's a really great question.

Agriculture committee  I don't know if I have the answer. Educating the public is the biggest thing, especially in Ontario with the neonic and how that worked out. More regulation for farmers doesn't help us. It's not that regulation is bad. We're all trying to do the best thing for the environment and

Agriculture committee  Definitely most, if not all, of the young farmers who I know that have gone through transition planning used lawyers, accountants, bank managers, to obviously mitigate any risk in the transition. I think typically now with young farmers, we do operate them as businesses, and we'r

Agriculture committee  It's actually really tough to find institutions that are...besides FCC or some of the ag accounting firms.

Agriculture committee  Exactly, yes. I know I've struggled with that, and I've now moved to very ag-specific companies to work with because of the knowledge base. I had my accountant out to my farm for a tour and he saw my gravity wagon. He said, “Oh, is that how you plant your field?” So, there's a

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As you said, I'm Paul Glenn, the past chair of the Canadian Young Farmers' Forum. With me today is Justin Williams, our Ontario and Quebec director. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today about the very important issue of farm