I call this meeting to order.
Good evening, everyone.
Welcome to meeting No. 49 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-food.
I will start with a few reminders.
Today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. Just so you are aware, the webcast will always show the person speaking, rather than the entirety of the committee. Screenshots or taking photos of your screen is not permitted.
Colleagues, we're back at it, and we have a few substitutions. Welcome to Mr. Kurek, subbing in for Mr. Warren Steinley. We also have Mr. Iqwinder Gaheer subbing in for Mr. Turnbull; and Mrs. Soraya Martinez Ferrada subbing in for Ms. Taylor Roy.
Welcome to the agriculture committee, it's great to have you here.
Mr. Perron, all the witnesses this evening have done their sound tests. Everything should be working properly.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, the committee is resuming it's study of food price inflation.
I would like to welcome our witnesses for the first one-hour panel. They're all joining us virtually. From Canadians for Tax Fairness, we have Dr. D.T. Cochrane, economist and policy researcher.
From the Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec, we are welcoming its Chief Executive Officer, Sylvie Cloutier and Dimitri Fraeys, the Vice-President for Innovation and Economic Affairs.
From Restaurants Canada, we have Olivier Bourbeau, vice-president, federal and Quebec.
Welcome to you all. Each of you will have five minute for opening remarks, and then we're going to turn it over to questions.
I'm going to start with Dr. Cochrane, for up to five minutes, please.