I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 121 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
I don't need to go through the reminders. We do this all the time.
We do have before us today Minister MacAulay and his officials because we're going through supplementary estimates (B) 2024-25.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), the committee will commence consideration of the supplementary estimates (B) 2024-25, votes 1b, 5b and 10b under the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, referred to the committee on Monday, November 18.
Thank you, Minister, for your work on behalf of Canadian farmers and your service to the good people of Cardigan in Prince Edward Island.
I'll turn it over to you for any opening remarks, and then we'll go to questions.
Colleagues, you might be wondering about timing. We will do one hour with the minister and his officials. Then we normally have an additional hour with officials. With your blessing, I think we'll probably truncate that to about 30 minutes. We'll allow for rounds of questions with the officials, but I'll work with you guys accordingly.
Minister, it's over to you. Welcome to the committee.