Thank you, Mr. Chair.
To the witnesses, thank you very much. Your testimony has been extremely helpful to me in getting an understanding of the issue. In my view, and I would agree with Mr. Kirby, it is a complex issue. There seems to be a variety of variables.
We're here to figure out if there is an issue with bee health, and if there is, the degree of the problem. Is there an issue? For some folks, particularly from industry, there is. Some regions more than others tend to believe that bee health is a concern. From what I've read, from anecdotal conversations, and from folks coming in front of the committee, it seems that folks in Ontario are more concerned about bee health than the folks in Alberta, let's say, or Manitoba and Saskatchewan are.
I'll leave it to anyone to answer generally, and then I'll continue with our conversation.
Perhaps, Mr. Kirby, you'd like to begin.