Thank you very much. Hopefully my mike issues have been addressed.
To summarize the high points, there have been a number of areas in which Health Canada's administration has caused damage. The high points really are that the line between industrial hemp and THC has become less clear in many ways and therefore things have not been delineated. In particular, Health Canada has created interpretation barriers that hinder and block value-added processing of hemp in Canada, and as a result of that, investment in food, feed, fibre and fractions processing has been lower and in some cases has moved outside Canada.
Regulated processes guiding hemp breeding and cultivar registration have become more complex and less transparent, which has resulted in less innovation and higher risk. Health Canada's regulatory interpretation regarding non-THC cannabinoids in hemp products is inconsistent with both the Cannabis Act and industrial hemp regulations. This has introduced risk and uncertainty, which in turn has reduced seeded acres and investments in value-added processing.
Health Canada's regulatory management has really—