Thank all of you for being here.
Maybe I'll start with some comments that you made, Kevin. You mentioned something to the effect that we should have a discussion on income and on why we're not able to make money from the market, and on the programs and policies needed to tackle this problem, and how we can address the bigger problem. We were talking about Growing Forward 2, so I'm wondering if we should be cranking up this discussion to a higher level.
Here I'll address this to the National Farmers Union and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture primarily. Both of you have talked of a national food strategy or policy. The fact is that we are a trading nation and we need to get more markets, and we're doing that. But at the same time we may be losing control over our food supply and being able to feed ourselves.
How do we combine the two to continue trading and at the same time increase control of our food supply within a strategy? In parallel with opening up new markets, should we have local procurement policies by the federal government, for example, or provincial governments?
Could that be a way of tackling this problem, Kevin, given that you mentioned that we need to ensure more of a market for farmers than just relying strictly on trade? Maybe we'll zero in on that and maybe if you and Humphrey wouldn't mind starting off, then we'll pull in the other folks for a few comments.