Thank you, Ms. Larouche.
We have Mr. Lowe here as a witness. His headset has been used in previous appearances at the committee. He did not get a House headset, but it has been tested and it has worked in the past. We should be all good.
We have Dr. Charlebois here from Dalhousie University.
Dr. Charlebois, thank you for coming. It's good to see you.
From the Canadian Cattle Association, we have Ryder Lee, the general manager, and Bob Lowe, the past president. From Canadian Pacific Railway, we have Elizabeth Hucker, assistant vice-president of sales and marketing for Canadian grain. She is here in person.
All of our witnesses will be given five minutes for their opening remarks before we move to questions from our colleagues. We'll start with Dr. Charlebois for his opening statement.
You have five minutes. Please go ahead.