I'd like to call to order meeting three of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
According to our agenda, we have three witnesses today. They are now in front of us. Their appearance will take us right through to about 5:10 p.m. Then we will have some committee business before we wrap things up for the day.
I want to welcome our first group of witnesses as we do a study on the Canada-EU trade agreement, CETA.
From the Canadian Meat Council, we have James Laws, executive director; from the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, we have the director of government and international relations, John Masswohl; and from the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, we have the executive director, Kathleen Sullivan.
I welcome all of you to the committee. The program has been that you have ten minutes. Then there will be a round of questions from the committee members, at five minutes each.
Mr. Laws, I'd ask if you would be interested in starting. Or if you've made other arrangements....
What gentlemen in agriculture, who will always let a lady go first.
Kathleen.