I'll take it upon myself to instruct the clerk to have the French translation reworked.
With that, let's carry on with our agenda and welcome to the table our witnesses today.
We have Joe Preston, who's a member of Parliament; he has been working on a task force that has been looking at the issue of the tobacco industry situation.
From the National Farmers Union, we have Joe Dama and Garry Proven. Welcome to both of you.
From the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers' Marketing Board, we have Linda Vandendriessche and Fred Neukamm, who has been on the committee many times.
With that, I ask that all of you keep your opening comments to 10 minutes or less. We only have until 10 o'clock, and then we'll suspend our meeting to go for the votes.
With that, Mr. Preston, you have the floor.