I call this meeting to order.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
It's a pleasure to have you here at the first official non in camera meeting we're going to have this year. Of course, it's a very interesting topic, the protein concentrates issue that just keeps bubbling along--almost ten years now, I guess.
We're pleased today to have with us Don Jarvis, president and CEO, Dairy Processors Association of Canada; Kempton Matte, senior vice-president, industry and government relations; Yves Leroux, vice-president, government affairs—you guys really like government; and Pierre Nadeau, président-directeur général, Conseil des industriels laitiers du Québec.
Welcome, gentlemen. It's a pleasure to have you here.
We have ten minutes for opening comments. If you can stay within that timeframe it gives us more time for questioning. We have about an hour for this segment of the meeting, and then we'll move into questions.
Mr. Easter, I knew you'd do that.