I declare this meeting open. I want to welcome you to meeting number 10 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
I have a few reminders, folks. We've been here before.
This meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website, and the webcast will always show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee.
Screenshots are not permitted and, frankly, the rest we've heard before.
To our witnesses, thank you for being here.
If you need to toggle between languages, all of that is available, and, of course, we have the sound check.
We're going to get right to it.
This is the last meeting on the study. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, January 31, 2022, the committee is resuming its study of the agriculture and agri-food supply chain.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses to our first panel.
Joining us via video conference today is Al Mussell, who is the research director of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.
Mr. Mussell, welcome back. We know you had technical difficulties. You won't have any opening remarks, but you'll be available for questions, and I'm sure members will take you up on it.
We have, from the Keystone Agricultural Producers, Bill Campbell, president; and from Pattison Food Group, Julie Dickson Olmstead, managing director of public affairs and corporate responsibility at Save-On-Foods Limited Partnership. Welcome.
Finally, with the Union des producteurs agricoles, we have Martin Caron, general president; and David Tougas, coordinator, business economics.
Each party will have five minutes for opening remarks.
I'd like to invite Mr. Campbell to make an opening statement of up to five minutes.