I call the meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 57 of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
A few reminders to start. Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website.
Colleagues, I'm going to ask the room to quiet down a little bit, as we've started. For the benefit of the translators and for the benefit of your dear chair, quiet down a little bit, would you?
Just so you are aware, the webcast will always show the person speaking, rather than the entirety of the committee.
Colleagues, we are continuing, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on October 5, 2022, our study on food price inflation.
I want to thank all of you for coming a little early. We are expecting bells and votes tonight. I have talked to everyone, and when the bells start at 5:30, just to make sure the second panel can get done, we're going to extend, by no more than 15 minutes, with your consent, which I'm told is forthcoming, so thank you. We'll make sure that we get the second panel in, to the extent we can. We will go off to vote, and we will not be coming back to this room. Once the vote is done, we will be done.
With us today, from the Association québécoise de défense des droits des personnes retraitées et préretraitées, is Pierre Lynch, president.
Welcome, Mr. Lynch.
From Consumers Council of Canada, we have Ken Whitehurst, who is the executive director.
From the Global Institute for Food Security, we have Alanna Koch, chair of the board of directors. My understanding is that we're still having a bit of an issue with Ms. Koch, but hopefully she can join us.
From Food Producers of Canada, we have Denise Allen, president and chief executive officer.
We're going to dive right into this. I'm going to start with Mr. Lynch.
You have up to five minutes. I will be very strict on the time, unfortunately, because of our constraints today, but you will have five minutes, and I'm going to turn the floor over to you, my friend.