Ryan Turnbull at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks to all the panellists for being here today. I appreciate your expertise and all the hard work you're putting in. Obviously, we have heavy hearts for all the people of British Columbia. The natural disasters they experienced last year alone are unprecedented, I think.

I wonder if Mr. Del Bianco could give us a sense of the scale of the impact on the food system and the agri-food supply chain in B.C. and across Canada. I wonder just how big the impact of this natural disaster is in comparison to other ones. Is it unprecedented? Is it larger in size and scale, or are there others that are on a similar scale?