Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, meeting number 54.
Orders of the day, pursuant to the order of reference of Tuesday, October 23, 2012, are Bill S-11, An Act respecting food commodities, including their inspection, their safety, their labelling and advertising, their import, export and interprovincial trade, the establishment of standards for them, the registration or licensing of persons who perform certain activities related to them, the establishment of standards governing establishments where those activities are performed and the registration of establishments where those activities are performed.
Joining us today are: from the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters, Keith Mussar, vice-president, regulatory affairs; from the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, Dennis Laycraft, executive vice-president, and Ryder Lee, manager of federal-provincial relations; and from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Christian Lacasse, vice-president.
Welcome.
I think you have appeared before committee, so you know that you present and then we'll move right to members' questions.
Mr. Mussar, would you like to start, please.