Agriculture committee  We do know that there's massive diversity in Canada, not just in commodities, but also in the nuances of how that's playing out regionally. We know there are some commodities that are hurting exponentially now, and the level of hurt varies. Here in Prince Edward Island, we have a

Agriculture committee  Well, I think in western Canada our grain growers are seeing shipments move quite well. Beyond that, I'm not really sure of any others. Scott, is there anyone that you think stands out?

Agriculture committee  We're certainly looking for financial incentives to bring people who are currently displaced from their usual jobs, or unemployed, to come to work on farms. We feel that we need some financial tools to do that because we need to incentivize people to leave home and put themselves

Agriculture committee  Scott, can you speak to that? I'm not really up to speed on that.

Agriculture committee  We have heard from several members who have had trouble accessing that because of the structure of their business.

Agriculture committee  Yes, I believe so, and we certainly have much larger operations where that money is maybe not that significant to keep them going. Again, there would be diversity.

Agriculture committee  We submitted that to government. These are our emergency preparedness documents on the strategy. With regard to the building of the numbers, I'm not sure if that's public yet or not. Is it, Scott?

Agriculture committee  I believe we know what it would cost for the AgriInvest. Was it $1 billion? What was the number, Scott?

Agriculture committee  As to your question, Kody, you're wondering what the cost would be for....

Agriculture committee  Scott.

Agriculture committee  I would ask Scott to jump in here. He is our BRM expert at CFA.

Agriculture committee  With regard to that $50 million, when we at CFA get more details, we'll be working with our commodity groups to make sure they're well positioned to take advantage of that and to get food to the more vulnerable people in our population. In regard to that resiliency of agricultur

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members, for the opportunity to speak to you today. My name is Mary Robinson. I'm part of the sixth generation of my family to farm in Prince Edward Island, and I'm also the president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Our federation re

Health committee  We have certainly heard it. At CFA we support an exemption for agriculture. For some of these activities that are being subject to the carbon tax, the timing is quite unfortunate for sure, but even above and beyond that, these are not non-essential activities. Drying grain after

Health committee  Personally, I can't speak to that. I have seen some of the information that APAS has done. They've done an evaluation of the producers in Saskatchewan. I think those numbers have been published. Generally, I think, the numbers are different from what the minister has suggested.