Thank you, Mr. Chair. You're doing a great job. It's nice to have you as chair today.
I'd like to thank each of our witnesses, who gave very informative presentations in order to provide our government with food policy proposals.
After my questions, I'm going to give Ms. Dabrusin a minute of my speaking time.
I'll start with you, Mr. Obed. You talked about food access and food insecurity. Mr. Falck, you talked about food insecurity among children. Research shows that a large number of Canadians experience food insecurity, nearly four million people and one in six children. That's very sad, indeed, and clearly, the situation is even worse up north, such as in your region, Mr. Obed.
I'd like to resume the discussion about how northern communities, in co-operation with the Government of Canada, can put strategies in place. I think that's a crucial element.
How can we work together to come up with strategies, solutions, or alternative paths to fix the problem?