Thank you, Chair. Thank you to our witnesses for being here today.
Ms. Allen, you've appeared previously before this committee. You've said something I'm going to quote back to you: “the threat of retailers' escalation of fees and fines places Canada's primary producers at risk, as food processors purchase in excess of 40% of Canada's farm gate output”.
I'm wondering if you can tell us, has grocery price inflation caused food processors to purchase less?