Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank the witnesses for their presentations and their participation in this study.
I remember when I first came to agriculture, I think it was in 2012, and we were studying Growing Forward; we were going through it. It's a really important framework that's going to be around for a few years, so we have to make sure that our farmers have good tools in the tool box. I know that you've explained a little bit the process of how this is going to be negotiated. The ministers are going to be meeting in July, then they'll agree on a policy statement, and after that there will be some more negotiation and feedback from industry. Then after that there will be a multilateral agreement. When exactly will this be finished?
I know we're doing a study, and we're going to continue on in the fall and hopefully submit recommendations. I'm just hoping that the work we're going to be doing at committee, our recommendations, can somehow fit in.
I don't know if this is a question that you can answer, Mr. Meredith, or maybe the chair, but will it be possible for the recommendations that we'll be making at committee to actually be part of helping to make the framework the best piece it could be?