Agriculture committee  My immediate reaction would be to look into the EU, specifically under their farm to fork strategy, at what evaluation process they may be using in order to make sure that this feed gets to market as quickly as possible. Whether it can be considered more of a feed approach as o

Agriculture committee  Thank you so much for the great question. That was definitely [Technical difficulty—Editor] in regard to the 3-NOP cattle feed. With respect to the actual difference in the approval process through Health Canada for it being considered a medication versus a cattle feed, our u

Agriculture committee  Much as was actually just addressed by Mr. Hodson, there are currently a number of innovations under way to basically reduce emissions from the fuel we use, particularly for applications like irrigation. At this point, in terms of making the innovations scalable and economical f

Agriculture committee  Yes. Even specific to switching from natural gas and propane in the context of grain drying. There is potential, for example, with existing mechanisms. I alluded to the clean fuel standard that will be applying regulations scheduled for natural gas and propane in 2023. There is

Agriculture committee  It's much appreciated.

Agriculture committee  We have not started those conversations yet, but they're ones that we're obviously very eager to have. We're obviously looking, for example, at the potential impacts of carbon credit trading between California as well as Canada. Upcoming we'll be looking at the independent dialog

Agriculture committee  Absolutely.

Agriculture committee  That's a very good question. That's where the actual basis of the issue, I believe, kind of stands. Our understanding is that the government was interpreting it as being machinery used to heat and cool a building. In our engagement with them—I believe it was with the Grain Grower

Agriculture committee  Was that directed towards the Canadian Federation of Agriculture?

Agriculture committee  All right, I apologize. That's correct. Yes, we would be seeking exemptions specifically for machinery used for the heating and cooling of buildings, used to help control temperatures for livestock during extreme weather.

Agriculture committee  That wouldn't be, I believe, the opinion of our stakeholders and members. Obviously, the statement that the carbon tax is revenue neutral for the majority of Canadians, I believe, could potentially apply on a citizen-to-citizen basis, but obviously our farmers do rely on a number

Agriculture committee  Thank you so much. I'm just checking.... Can everyone hear me okay? Perfect. I'll leave my video off to give myself some more bandwidth here to accommodate my audio. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you to the chair and the committee for inviting us to appear today. My name is