Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. I should perhaps start by noting that the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, as mentioned in the opening remarks, actually has a fairly limited application on farm in terms of the emissions, because, as I'm sure the committee is aware, most agricul

Agriculture committee  I apologize. Can you repeat which program you were talking about?

Agriculture committee  In 2021 we did launch a couple of new programs that were about $550 million. There was $200 million for agricultural climate solutions—the on-farm climate action fund. This is to support farmers in the adoption of what we call “beneficial management practices” that can help reduc

Agriculture committee  I would not think so, Mr. Falk.

Agriculture committee  I think we've already touched on a few of those alternatives. They may be more energy efficient in terms of cutting costs. Alternatives are also being developed. If more detail is required, I'm happy to turn it over to my colleague, Marco, who can give a better sense.

Agriculture committee  That's a great question. I might just note, in case it's of help as well, that when we look at total expenses on farm, heating fuel tends to be a very small percentage for most farms. It's around one per cent or less, actually. Greenhouses tend to much higher in energy use, of

Agriculture committee  Certainly, heating barns and drying grain is part of the operations of farmers. As we've heard during this meeting, there is obviously an incentive built into the operations to seek to keep costs down. I think the natural economic leanings would be towards being prudent with thos

Agriculture committee  I can add something. As I said with regard to support measures in other countries, the tools are different. They cannot always be compared. That said, to recognize good farming practices in Canada, there are possible measures. My colleagues from Environment and Climate Change Ca

Agriculture committee  Thank you, that is a good question. Well, there are OECD studies and analyses available, for instance, that compare the level of support in various countries. I do not have the figures with me today, but I could forward them to the committee later on.

Agriculture committee  As I mentioned in my remarks, there is suite of tools that we look at as we look toward the future and our climate objectives. I mentioned one of them, the agriculture clean technology program, which supports both research and development in this space as well as adoption on the

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for inviting us in relation to this study. I'd like to begin by acknowledging that I am speaking to all of you today from the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin and Anishinabe people. As you m