Colleagues, welcome back.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, May 30, 2022, the committee is resuming its study of global food insecurity.
I'd like to welcome our witnesses for our first panel.
Joining us, from CropLife Canada, here in the room we have Ian Affleck, who is the vice-president of biotechnology, and Dennis Prouse, who is vice-president of government affairs. From Nutrien, we have Mark Thompson, the executive vice-president, chief strategy and sustainability officer. He's joining us by video conference. From Sollio Cooperative Group, we have Ghislain Gervais, who is the president, and Casper Kaastra, who is the chief executive officer.
I know that Monsieur Perron will want to know about testing beforehand.
Mr. Gervais was unable to test ahead of time but does have the proper headset. We don't anticipate that there will be any problems. Otherwise, we have both of our witnesses in the room and Mr. Thompson completed his check. We should be fine on all fronts.
To our witnesses, you have up to five minutes for opening remarks. I'm going to start with our fine folks from CropLife Canada.
I will turn it over to you for up to five minutes, and we'll go from there.