Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today. The committee greatly appreciates your expertise and suggestions.
I am especially proud to see people from Agropur, which has two plants in my riding. Agropur was created in our area, in Granby. Gentlemen, thank you for being here today. I will first put a question to the dairy producers, and then I will put one to you.
Mr. Bourbeau, you talked about impacts. It is said that producers have suffered losses of $200 million. As far as I understand, when we look at the chart representing total imports in Canada, we see that imports have tripled in five years. The chart for the United States alone indicates that imports from that country have increased eightfold. You were saying that the situation would continue over the next few years.
Can you talk to us about the effects that loss of $200 million will have? Here I am thinking of the loss of jobs, as well as the potential loss of our farms. What can you tell us about that? We talked about money, but human beings are also involved.