Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
On this whole issue of trying to get the legacy growers to come into the licit market, it has been a story of challenges. We know that in many small towns in B.C. during tough times, cannabis sales are what have kept many of those towns going. If we do want to have that success, I want to drill down on this issue of the constraints that currently exist to outdoor micro licences.
Mr. Hurford, there have been proposals to not have it really based on canopy size but on the volume harvested. There have been further proposals that the licensing system should be graduated so that, first of all, a company can start with the smallest one. If they can become quite successful and they see that the demand is outpacing what they're able to supply, they can graduate to a bigger licence.
Can you maybe fill in the blanks for us and provide a little more detail on the specifics you'd like to see on those proposals just so that our committee can make as accurate a recommendation as possible?