Thank you very much to all of you for being here.
Bob, it's certainly good to see you again. I haven't seen you for a couple of years. I'm just going to throw some questions out and then maybe I'll get you to answer.
On the first one, we've been back and forth over the last years, Bob, in regard to farmers' markets and the need for some kind of assistance from the federal government. Help is given to other organizations in other areas, but it seems that farmers' markets don't receive any. I would like to see if you could comment on that. You're saying that the organization is dormant.
I would also like to talk about the national food strategy. For example, we know that the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the national farmers union, the UPA and other organizations are interested in a national food strategy. But we see that the government is focused on exports.
How can we develop our exports and have a Canada-wide food strategy at the same time? What would be the basis of this strategy? How can we protect farmers and promote local markets as part of a food strategy?
We're looking at a national food strategy, which has been thrown out there by the Federation of Agriculture, our party, the Liberal Party, other organizations. I'm just wondering how all this fits in.
Maybe we'll just stop there.
Perhaps, Bob, you could just give us a few comments on the dormant organization.