Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome.
I'll call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 26 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, February 24, and the motion adopted by the committee on March 9, the committee is resuming its study of Bill C-206, an act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (qualifying farming fuel).
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format pursuant to the House order of January 25, and therefore members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. Just so that you are aware, the webcast will always show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind all participants that screenshots or taking photos of your screen is not permitted.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline a few rules. Before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. If you are on the videoconference, please click on the microphone to unmute yourself. Those in the room, your microphone will be controlled as usual by the proceedings and verification officer.
A reminder that all comments by members and witnesses should be addressed through the chair.
When you aren't speaking, please mute your microphone.
We'll now start with the witness list.
Perhaps I'll start with the Producteurs de grains du Québec, but I don't know if they're here yet.
With us we have the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, with Mr. Keith Currie, vice-president, and Frank Annau, director of environment and science policy. From the Grain Growers of Canada, we have Erin Gowriluk, executive director, and Mr. Jonothan Hodson, director. From the Producteurs de grains du Québec, we have Monsieur Christian Overbeek, president.
Let's begin with the Producteurs de grains du Québec.
Mr. Overbeek, you have the floor for five minutes. We are listening.