Colleagues, let's get started.
I believe that most of you understand what occurred. Unfortunately, Mr. Mount, who is the vice-president of operations for the National Farmers Union, does not have the right headset. What we will do, colleagues, is allow Mr. Mount to read his statement. His copy was given to the interpreters so they can read it. We can ask Mr. Mount questions throughout the last hour of our meeting here, and Mr. Mount will submit his answers to those questions in writing to the committee. He won't be able to physically answer, but he will just take the questions and respond in writing, and they will be submitted.
I need agreement from this committee to allow us to proceed in that manner and to append his answers to the minutes.