Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Steckle. First off, what remarks did I make that were scathing and critical of supply management?

Agriculture committee  I think I particularly emphasize that our concern is based on our desire to save the system to make sure it doesn't collapse in terms of the competitive marketplace pressures we're feeling. I think, in response to your observations about the competition, we are facing a much more

Agriculture committee  I'll ask Mr. Leroux to finalize our opening remarks.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chairman, I'm going to turn for a few minutes to Mr. Matte to explain further the issue around MPCs and MPIs.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. Thanks for the opportunity to appear before you today. Our chairman, Andy MacGillivray, is unavailable. He is actually out of the country, in Central America, working with some producer groups on behalf of his cooperative, so he extends his regr