Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for being here with us this morning. This is quite an interesting day, in that it's enabled us to meet the producers in their environment and to hear their concerns about the new Agricultural Policy Framework and risk management, a concern for many agricultural producers.
Mr. Lemieux, I'd like to start with you because I got the impression earlier that we were forcing you to answer yes or no. Perhaps you intended to elaborate a little more on your answer concerning supply management and collective marketing. I'd like you to tell us your opinion the way you would have liked to do it.