Mr. Chair, thank you for the opportunity to appear here today.
My name is Graham Barr, and I'm the director of the multilateral trade policy division at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. We're the division that's responsible for providing analytical and operational support to Canada's chief agriculture negotiator. In this capacity today, I'll be responding to any questions you might have concerning milk protein concentrates relating to Canada's international agriculture trade policies, as well as past or current GATT and WTO agriculture negotiations.
I'm joined today at the table by my colleague, Richard Tudor Price, the director of the supply management division in the strategic policy branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. That's the division that provides advice to the minister and senior management on matters relating to the supply managed subsectors of Canadian agriculture, including, of course, the dairy sector. He'll be happy to address any questions you have concerning the domestic policy implications of the MPC issue.
As you see, in addition to AAFC, there are a number of federal departments and agencies involved in this issue, and all of them are represented at the table this morning. We have the Department of Finance, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and the Canada Border Services Agency. Given the number of organizations represented at the table, it was agreed for purposes of this meeting that I would be the lead for the government representatives, and I would refer your questions to the appropriate person for reply. Hopefully, this way it will expedite our process this morning.
Now I'm going to turn it over to each one of the organizations, so they can introduce themselves and explain their role in this issue. Perhaps we'll start with the Canada Border Services Agency.