James Bezan at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

I call this meeting to order.

I want to welcome our witnesses to the table today, as we continue our study of the agricultural policy framework on our cross-Canada tour. From Agrobiopole, we Hervé Bernier; from the Quebec Federation of Maple Syrup Producers, Pierre Lemieux; from the Fédération de la relève agricole du Québec, Benoit Martin and Jean-Philippe Deschênes-Gilbert; and from the Union des producteurs agricoles de Lotbinière-Mégantic, Maurice Vigneault.

Welcome, all of you, to the table.

For opening comments, you have ten minutes per organization. We'll hold you to that, so that we will have more opportunity for discussion and questions from the members of the committee.

With that, I'll turn it over to you, Mr. Bernier.