Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
To the witnesses, thank you for coming.
Mr. Easter made some reference to the U.S. farm bill and the government's position of where we're going. I think, just for clarity, these discussions around the APF have become difficult because the past government, of which he was a member, took us into CAIS, which is the opposite direction we're trying to go in right now. I want to give some assurances that we want to make changes to that. So my first question is to Mr. Friesen.
In terms of your “A Canadian Farm Bill: A new vision for Canadian agriculture”--and I appreciate having that--can you tell me, is that supported by all the farm organizations and the farm groups and the commodity groups? I'll tell you why. Because I think it's important that we have fortified messages.