Thank you very much to our witnesses for being here today. I want to touch on a couple of the main themes that our witnesses have talked about.
Mr. Carey, I'm going to start with you. You talked about some of the policies that we have in place and the focus to ensure that we have affordable food and affordable opportunities out there. I'm concerned that some of the policies our current government is enacting or repealing are going to cause our food to be significantly more expensive. I'd like your opinion.
We can look at the carbon tax, eliminating the deferral on cash grain tickets, these potential tax changes that they're talking about now, and also the potential to ban neonicotinoids for pesticides. Are there concerns among your members about some of these changes and this direction in terms of the sustainability of the family farm and the ability to provide affordable food?