Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, sincerely, Mr. Gebara, for joining us today as we tackle some of the challenges in the food value system.
Before coming to this honoured place, I had the opportunity to develop many relationships in the food value chain. With the opportunities in this committee, I've had many suppliers reach out to me voluntarily—without my approaching them—with some statements. Some have said that the fees and the fines they receive feel more like a planned revenue stream for Walmart, rather than a mechanism to adjust the behaviour of suppliers.
How would you respond to that statement?