Agriculture committee  As I mentioned, our members are leaders in carbon sequestration. We've been doing this for 25 years as zero- and minimum-tillage practices, that sort of thing. Certainly our members want to be recognized for the important role they play in protecting the environment, and as I sai

Agriculture committee  We're here to support the bill. Our members believe this is an opportunity to provide carbon tax relief, moving forward. Again, our members believe this is a first step in addressing some of the unfairness of the carbon tax. As I've talked about, there's definitely an unfairness

Agriculture committee  Thank you so much for the opportunity.

Agriculture committee  As you mentioned, we're on the ground every day, talking to our members about these issues and consulting them through our various member surveys. When we talk to farmers, they all say the same thing: Exemptions are preferable to rebates. That's why we're here today to support th

Agriculture committee  I think it's important that we provide carbon tax relief. I think it's important to note that farmers don't just dry grain during wet harvest conditions in bad years. They also dry grain to meet storage and quality specs. This is something that can provide relief every year. We k

Agriculture committee  I think that just giving them more money to invest in their businesses and giving them some tax relief is an important thing to ensure that we have a successful and competitive food supply moving forward. Thank you.

Agriculture committee  That's correct. We referenced a number of surveys. We did a national energy and environment survey. There were 371 respondents. What I'm quoting you today for statistics are our farm members' views. These are farmers. We also did a survey in February of last year, and there wer

Agriculture committee  That's with regard to the survey that I've provided to you today, yes.

Agriculture committee  These are surveys that are sent out by email to our farm members directly. They have the opportunity to participate in these surveys. We go on the principle of one member, one vote, so our members fill out our surveys, provide their feedback to various survey questions, and provi

Agriculture committee  Yes, we will be surveying our members. We know that farmers are leaders in carbon sequestration, and as I've mentioned, farmers have implemented many measures to protect the environment. Certainly, in the months ahead, we'll be looking for more details on the many measures menti

Agriculture committee  We've certainly asked our members what they've done to protect the environment. As I mentioned in our opening remarks, we regularly survey our farm members, and they provide us with hundreds of comments about their issues of concern. I think farmers recognize that they're part

Agriculture committee  ,When we surveyed our members, we asked them to estimate the total cost to their farm business. We don't break it down by grain drying or that sort of thing. As you know, a lot of the increases in the federal carbon tax have a ripple effect throughout the whole sector. We know t

Agriculture committee  Perhaps I could defer to Jasmin Guénette, our national affairs—

Agriculture committee  I represent farmers, and on a daily basis we reach out to our farmers on a number of issues and through various member surveys. When we talk to our members we gather—

Agriculture committee  Our members are really concerned, as I mentioned in my statement. Our farm members are facing a significant impact, $14,000 in the first year it applied to them, and they're really concerned about—