Mr. Richard Robert (Chair, Canadian Farm Business Management Council) at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

Good afternoon, everyone.

I am going to speak in French to provide the French part of the meeting.

First, I would like to thank you, Mr. Chair, for giving the Canadian Farm Business Management Council the opportunity to share its opinion and its vision for the future of agriculture in Canada, as well as the future of phase 2 of the Growing Forward program, which is of course ongoing.

Let me introduce myself. I am the chair of the Canadian Farm Business Management Council. I am first and foremost a farmer, a dairy farmer and grain producer in Quebec.

I would like to introduce Ms. Watson, who is the general manager. She will continue our presentation.