I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting No. 53 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.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, the committee is resuming its study of food price inflation.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses for this first one‑hour panel.
Today we welcome three different witnesses. We are having issues with our representatives from the Assembly of First Nations, but we're very fortunate to have in the room, from the Daily Bread Food Bank, Neil Hetherington, chief executive officer.
Mr. Hetherington, welcome to the committee.
From Second Harvest Canada, we have someone who has appeared before this committee and is no stranger to our work, Ms. Lori Nikkel, chief executive officer.
Welcome back to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you here today.
Colleagues, if we are able to get our friends from the Assembly of First Nations online, we'll grant them five minutes, but I want to get started with those who are in the room.
I'm going to start with Mr. Hetherington.
We'll go over to you, and you have up to five minutes.