I'd like to call the meeting to order, please.
I want to welcome witnesses who are with us today and my colleagues as members of the committee. As you know we're looking at promoting domestic trade of agriculture and agrifood products by reducing interprovincial barriers. We're trying to gather some feedback and certainly some direction from our witnesses.
On Tuesday we met with department heads and we got a good outline from the ministry's perspective and CFIA. Today, we have two sessions. In the first hour, I want to welcome from the Canadian Pork Council, Martin Rice, the executive director, and Catherine Scovil, associate executive director. I also want to welcome from Spirits Canada, Jan Westcott, president and CEO, and also C.J. Helie, executive vice-president. They are appearing via video conference.
Folks, sometimes technical issues can show up, so we will start with our witnesses from Spirits Canada.
Mr. Westcott, I turn the floor over to you for 10 minutes, please.