Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. In the last Parliament, I spent six months on the agriculture committee, but most of that time we were talking about things connected with the wheat industry. I have exactly one wheat farmer in my riding, so today is a better day for me to be here. I do have small producers, especially in the cheese industry. On Vancouver Island, dairy, poultry, and turkey production are very important.
The context that I bring to the table is the same that I've been concerned about for many years, and that's the question of food security in all its senses, safe food, access to supply, as well as affordability. I will ask some questions in that context.
The other thing that has always concerned me is, we can have a very good agrifood policy framework, and I know that is what this committee is working on with this study, but if we change the context, we can undermine that strategy. So I do want to ask some things about impacts of trade agreements on the framework, maybe not so much on the compensation side.
I have to start with turkey, because that's dear to my heart. My grandparents were turkey farmers. My partner, who came from Indonesia and is an immigrant to Canada, came here and discovered turkey. I can now recommend to you curried turkey, if any of you haven't tried it. I'm trying to expand the industry in terms of a new use for turkey.
I was interested in hearing a little more from you, Mr. Davies, about the potential impacts of the TPP and CETA in terms of loss of market for turkey producers.