I'll call this meeting to order.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for appearing before us today at our ongoing hearings on the future of the Canadian Wheat Board. Thank you all for coming.
Since we're starting 15 minutes late, we'll stretch into the second hour a little bit. We'll try to hold things as tight as we can.
I'm going to be very, very stringent with the time. We're going to hold you to ten minutes. I'll give you a one-minute warning, and then we'll have to shut you down. So give me your best shot in the first ten minutes, or shorter, if at all possible, to allow a full round of questioning in this hour as well. We will stretch into the second hour, because we're late getting going. The environment committee went a little longer than it should have.
The clerk has distributed a calender to the members of the committee. This is what was discussed at the standing committee the other day. Have a look at it. If there is any discussion, take that up with the clerk at the end of the meeting. I'll attend that as well.
So without any further ado, we have William Van Tassel and Benoit Legault, with the Quebec producers; Wendy Holm, professional agrologist, as an individual; Stewart Wells, president of the National Farmers Union; and David Rolfe, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers.
Welcome again.
Who's wanting to lead off? According to my list, we have the Quebec producers up first. Mr. Van Tassel.