Jeremy Patzer

ag minister To the Western Canadian Wheat Growers, the consultation piece, I think, is a big part of this. I'm going to read you a quick quote from the departmental plan, and this came directly from the's mouth: To position the sector to capture these opportunities, we are beginning to lay the groundwork for the next five-year policy framework set to begin in 2028. Together, with governments and [more]

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thanks to all the witnesses for being here. Mr. Steinley, can you just talk about the nature of all the layoffs? They seem to be from the rural site locations. There don't seem to be any layoffs here in Ottawa from the bigger bureaucracy. It's all from the frontline folks. I'm just wondering if you had a few more thoughts on that.

I have a quick question. Mr. Lightbound Now that we've seenback in the House, do we know if he is going to make an appearance at this committee, as we were talking about before? Have you guys had any conversations with him about that?

Thanks, Chair.

Darcy and Daryl, what sometimes gets lost in the Canadian agriculture conversation is the size of the farms we have out in western Canada as compared with the size of the farms in the rest of the country. I think closing down Indian Head and Scott will have a major impact on that, but also on the future, on the next generation of producers. We're already seeing a problem with attracting the next [more]

Okay. Daryl, do you want to briefly touch on what impact it will have for the next generation of producers?

Yes, go ahead.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I appreciate this motion. We heard some good testimony today, but given the scale of the impact that the CERs are going to have not just on agriculture but also on other industries, I think that adding another four meetings to this study would be good. I see this as a nice addition to what we're already doing here and to the study we're currently on.

Thank you very much. I'll just pick up really briefly on the topic of water. Saskatchewan is sitting on a great opportunity for irrigation expansion. Mr. Steinley, what is the potential for irrigation in Saskatchewan? What impact would these cuts have on that?

Do you think we could do it on Thursday?

Thank you. I have about 20 seconds left. Ms. Velestuk, can you talk quickly about the different soil zones in Saskatchewan?

Would it be safe to say that the cuts happening are going to have a severe impact on frontline delivery? The reason I'm asking this question is that we've heard from many other government departments that they can go through this and there will be no impact to service delivery. However, from what I understand, there will be an impact to service delivery for farmers, for producers and for [more]