I call this meeting to order.
I do apologize for the delay. The room had been secured earlier for whatever reason, whatever meeting was in here before, and it does take a while to get the communication devices switched back to transmitting for the purposes of Hansard recording and broadcast.
We are kicking off our study on Growing Forward, but we want to do a specific study as well on the issues facing the livestock industry right now.
We're lucky to be joined today by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, represented by Dr. Brian Evans, who's no stranger to this committee. He's the executive vice-president and chief veterinary officer for CFIA. We have Paul Mayers, who is the executive director of the animal products directorate; and we have Cameron Prince, the vice-president of operations. Thank you for coming.
With that, you have up to 10 minutes, Dr. Evans, to make your opening remarks.