Thank you, Brian and Susie, for coming up.
Did you get a chance to read the transcripts of the previous witnesses' testimony before you came in, and would you have had the chance to read the transcripts for some of the witnesses' testimony on this particular topic?
I'm hoping that you'll remember this statement by Hillary Dawson. This had to do with labelling, which they are very concerned about. She said:
My members are focused on making premium VQA wines: wines of appellation, wines where labelling matters, and wines where we know that the value of being Canadian matters. It is challenging for us when the customer realizes that some bottles labelled Canadian that are in a lot of liquor boards under a giant sign that says “Canada”, contain little to no Canadian content. That hurts our business because then they start to question what's on our labels.
What we've said consistently as the wine council is that we just want to be consistent with where everyone else is in the world.
Is this an issue that's been brought forward to either of you during your consultations? If it is an issue that you're aware of, is there anyone seeking a remedy to the situation?