Mr. Chair, thank you.
I would like to welcome the minister and his officials to committee.
Minister, the last time you visited Steveston—Richmond East, you spent a few hours at the Hoeggler farm, where you met a lot of the old-time family farmers: the May family, the Savages, and the Hoegglers.
You also met the young farmers who are involved in the organic industry. Can you elaborate a bit on the thoughts of the government on the organic industry and also on the support the government is providing to that growing industry, and particularly to all the great farms in Steveston that are organic?