Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for their insights into this study.
Ms. Allen, thanks for being here. You were talking about the impact that interest rates are having on your members. A lot of the study and the conversation has been about the excess profits of grocery CEOs and that type of thing. I think it is a little short-sighted to see this as the sole reason for food inflation and the impact it is having on Canadians.
For your members, what impact do higher interest rates, higher input costs, higher fuel costs and higher transportation costs have on consumers? What impact are those issues having on your members and thus on the prices on the grocery store shelves?