Mr. Vincent Roddy:

It is always a concern that it would just become a poverty trap. That needs to be a major part of the discussion. If farmers are afraid to expand because they will lose on the other side, where is the incentive? That is where the resource scheme would come in. We need to look at that. One thing we outlined in our proposal was the idea of a universal basic income and we should look at that for farmers. We proposed an opt-in for 500 farmers for three years. It would get around that and let us see where it can go. It is already on the Statute Book for artists, so that is something. I ask all committee members to seriously consider that. It would be an opt-in for farmers and could help to avoid that potential poverty trap and we could see where we are after three years.