Agriculture committee  I think the impact for our industry is not as significant as the impact it's going to have for farmers. I believe you have a clean, abundant fuel that is not being treated in the same manner as higher carbon-intensive fuels. I think that can't be lost in the discussion. I believe we need to broaden the discussion on what propane can offer.

Agriculture committee  That's an interesting question. I see that it will go in stages, depending on where technology goes. I think electrification may ultimately be where we end up, but it's going to take a long time to develop a technology that will allow us not only to generate the power cleanly but also to store the power and be able to use it in various forms.

Agriculture committee  Part of the issue with our industry is getting people to understand who we are and what we do. There's been a great deal of development and technological advances in the propane industry. When we look at the level of emissions that come from propane being burned today compared to what it was before....

Agriculture committee  I believe it was an oversight. I don't believe that it was any kind of intentional omission. It's the same as saying that gasoline and diesel can't be used for heating. There are very few people, if any, who use gasoline and diesel for heating now. It's just a space in the legislation that I don't believe was necessary.

Agriculture committee  You know, propane is a great solution. Look at rural settings mostly. There are still 300,000 homes that are heating with furnace oil. Switching those homes to propane is going to have an immediate impact. Look at northern communities that are using diesel for power generation. We are incurring costs for cleaning up spills on an annual basis.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would first like to acknowledge that I'm speaking from the traditional territory of the Anishinabe, Haudenosaunee, Ojibwa and Chippewa peoples. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada treaties. I'm here today as the chief financial officer of Dowler-Karn Limited, a third-generation, family-owned company founded in 1943.