Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses who took the time to appear before us.
I also want to thank my colleague Mr. MacGregor for putting this motion forward. I think it's an issue that we normally wouldn't have discussed here at the agriculture committee, but there is a sense that cannabis is a crop and that it should be treated as such.
My question is an open question, but maybe I'll go to the council first and Mr. Smitherman.
Can you talk to me about the growth and economics of this sector? Are analysts saying that there will be important growth over the next one, two, three, four or five years? What are the biggest impediments from government regulations that could impede that growth?