I call this meeting to order.
We're glad to be in Stratford. This is the last day of our cross-Canada tour as an agriculture committee doing our study on the APF.
I'm going to welcome to the table this morning Brian Edwards and Mark Bannister--no strangers to our committee--with Tobacco Farmers In Crisis. From the Dairy Farmers of Ontario we have David Murray. Welcome, David. From the Perth Federation of Agriculture we have Ed Danen. From Ontario Pork we have Mary-Ann Hendrikx. From the Chicken Farmers of Ontario we have Bill Woods. And from Huron Commodities Inc. we have Martin VanderLoo and David Kohl. Welcome, everybody.
In the limited amount of time we have with you this morning, we ask that you keep your opening comments to ten minutes or less. I will signal when you have one minute left, and we'll cut you off so we can have enough time for questions and answers.
With that, Mr. Edwards, perhaps you could kick us off.