Merv Tweed at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

I call the meeting to order.

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, meeting number 67. In accordance with the orders of the day, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are continuing our study of the agricultural and agri-food products supply chain, the grains and oilseeds segment.

Joining us today from the heart of Canada, the Brandon—Souris constituency, we have Cal Vandaele, who is the president of Vandaele Seeds Ltd., and David Rourke, who is a director, Western Feed Grain Development Co-op Ltd.

Welcome. Can you all hear us clearly? All right.

I'll ask you, as you were briefed, to give a brief presentation and then we'll move to questions from the committee.

David, do you want to start?