Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Barrett, the motion that is guiding our study is tasking our committee to look at how we ensure stability in our processing sector and how we support the goal of increasing our capacity.
Your organization represents many different businesses that are of varying size. You've gone over the impediments—the compensation delays, the competition in the retail market.
If you're a small-scale producer right now, or if you're an entrepreneur who's looking to get into dairy processing.... Can you talk a little more about how the local landscape is looking for them? If we're trying to increase opportunities for these people to get started, what does it look like if you put yourself in their shoes right now?