 Good morning everyone. Thank you all for being here today and thanks of course to Ralph He gets me to come back to Saskatchewan every chance he gets and I'm always happy to spend time here every chance I get so thank you for having me and thank you as always for an incredibly warm welcome I also want to highlight that it's a real pleasure to be here today with Lawrence Macaulay our Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food who was very helpful as as we were talking through the uses and and impacts of various challenges on a farm Lawrence was a seed potato and dairy farmer before he entered politics He really understands and deeply gets both the challenges and the opportunities That our farmers are facing every single day and week Earlier this morning. I had a chance to meet with the Lewis family three generations of Saskatchewan farmers Fourth one coming along growing and harvesting a bunch of different crops. Yeah, Brendan wasn't mentioned in my speech So I have to have to shout out to that fourth generation Growing and harvesting a bunch of different crops including canola on about 11,000 acres just down the road from here I wanted to get a sense of how big 11,000 acres were and someone told me it was equivalent to about a third of the city of Regina So that's a Significant chunk of land at the Lewis's farm Don Todd Rod and Brendan showed me around their operation It was fascinating to see the kind of equipment and the new technology they use every day The constant drive to experiment to try new things is something that we recognized just last month in our budget We're investing in agriculture and agri agri food because we know it has a real potential to grow if you'll pardon the pun And create more good well-paying jobs for Canadian farmers We know at what point the farmers work hard That's why we're convinced that here in 2025 we'll be able to reach the ambitious goal of export Annually 65 billion dollars of excellent product that we grow here at home These exportations are important because a greater access to the global market will give Canadian farmers more chance to succeed more chance to build a better life for their family and to strengthen agricultural communities everywhere in Canada and Canola as I saw first-hand today is one of the export crops that deserves our support It already accounts for more than 10 billion dollars in exports and the world can't get enough of this made in Canada crop As one example last year as as Ralph mentioned Government and industry worked together to ensure that Canada's canola farmers can continue to export to China That's a market worth two billion dollars in canola exports every year And I want to take a moment to tell you just how that deal came together Our former minister of trade current foreign minister Christia Freeland is the daughter of a canola farmer And she took some of the canola that her dad had grown out of his farm in Peace River, Alberta She took it with her in a little baggie to China to show the quality of what Canadian farmers produced I was there at the dinner when she whipped it out in front of in front of the Premier and said you know This is really good stuff and She underscored the fact that Canada stands behind Its farmers and the world-class crops we grow and harvest and working together industry and government We reached an agreement with China That gives one that gives our canola farmers the kind of stable predictable access to the Chinese market that they'll need To be able to plant next year's crop and maybe even think about how they'll hand off their farms to their own kids some day The work that our government is doing the investments that we're making and the trade deals we're negotiating They do make a difference in the lives of farming families like the Louis's and the other hard-working women and men who are here with us today We make these investments in Canada's farmers because every day You make an investment in us and making sure that we have good healthy food to eat and giving us food that we can trust Food that's nutritious and safe to share with the people we love In building strong and resilient communities communities like gray That are the heart and soul of this country People like Todd Lewis and all the farmers he represents through the agricultural producers Association of Saskatchewan They're up with the Sun. They work hard all day and they asked for nothing but a fair deal and a thank you And that's where I want to end today With thanks to the Lewis family for sharing their morning with me and to all the farmers here and across the country Or so and rightly proud of your rural roots We should be proud We're proud of them too