Could we have our committee members and our witnesses come to the table, please?
I call this meeting to order. It's great to be here in P.E.I. on the last leg of our cross-country tour studying the future of agriculture. I'd like to thank all of you witnesses for being here this morning. As a farmer myself, I know what it's like to take a day off, or part of a day, but this is very important and it's nice to be able to hear from you.
We've got seven presenters this morning. We have not nearly as many witnesses in the second half, so if it's okay with the committee, I may extend this session by ten minutes, if we could have that flexibility.
I ask our presenters to keep their opening remarks somewhere between five and seven minutes. I'll be flexible if I think you're winding up, but at the five-minute mark I'll give you a sign that you have two minutes left.
If you have written remarks that you aren't able to totally read in, could you please give them to Isabelle, the clerk, afterwards? Every committee member will get a copy of them, so you'll still have your presentation.
With no further ado, we're going to move to Morgan Smallman.