I call the meeting back to order.
We are going to be able to extend the meeting until about a quarter to six, so we'll be able to have an extra 15 minutes to try to get the two rounds in, if possible. We have four witnesses, which makes it a bit tighter for time, but we wanted to make sure we could get all of these people who wished to be a part of this study. We'll try to move things along as quickly as possible.
I apologize to my colleagues, because I know they have heard this many times, but for the benefit of our witnesses, today's meeting is in a hybrid format. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website, and the video will always show the person speaking, rather than the entirety of the committee. Screenshots and photos of your screen are not permitted during the meeting.
Members and witnesses, you may speak in the official language of your choice. Interpretation services are available. If interpretation is lost, I will, unfortunately, interrupt and cut you off until we can get it back up and running and resume the proceedings.
Before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. If you are on the video conference, please click the microphone icon to unmute yourself. For those in the room, that will happen automatically.
When speaking, please speak slowly and clearly for the benefit of our translation team. As a reminder to all the witnesses and, of course, my colleagues, please direct all of your questions and comments through the chair.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses for today. Appearing today via video conference, we have Mike Medeiros, president of the Canadian Mushroom Growers’ Association. He's joined by Ryan Koeslag, the executive vice-president and chief executive officer. We have from Mountain View Poultry, Hessel Kielstra. From the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, we have in person Peggy Brekveld. From the National Cattle Feeders' Association, we have James Bekkering, also via video conference.
I'm sure most of you know most of these folks. We've met many of them before, and we thank them very much for taking the time to be back with us today.
To keep things moving, I will start with our first presenter. For those of you on video who have never been with us before, I will put my hand up when you have about a minute left, to give you that minute warning to end your presentation. You each have five minutes.
We'll start with the Canadian Mushroom Growers' Association and Mr. Medeiros and Mr. Koeslag. I'm not too sure who's going to be giving the presentation—it's Mr. Koeslag. Thank you. I know we're having some issues with Mr. Medeiros's sound, so we may have to interrupt if we cannot ensure that it is working for translation.
Mr. Koeslag, please go ahead. Your five minutes start now.